I've seen quite a lot of very white looking people rioting, and one in particular, heavily masked, smashing store windows with a baton. He is reputed to be a cop but no one's doing anything to investigate him.

But back to your distraction and whataboutery - by criticizing Amy Cooper and the racist system that leads to such incidents, no one is suggesting that other forms of violence are either welcome or acceptable.

You negated the author's point by bringing yours into it.