My 30,000 ft view of the situation is that they are looking for reasons to cause mayhem in swing states, it is a risky but calculated move.
Kenosha riots in Wisconsin. Now these ridiculous riots in Pennsylvania. I think they are using their satellite cities, i.e. Chicago, Portland, Seattle, NYC, LA, etc..., to make it seem like they have more support than they do. I almost wonder if Portland is where the direct action commands are coming from while outside money and direction pours in to hide the true leader of this BS.
I wonder if they are targeting swing states that they think they have a chance in. I think they preemptively made moves in Minneapolis to keep Minnesota from going Trump. It cannot be a coincidence that they keep picking these clearly justified shootings, the real motive must be location.
I may be completely off base but something seems strategic about where and when the riots pop off.
If they were trying to swing MN to Biden with a riot in Mpls, they severely miscalculated. Outside the Twin Cities, MN is mostly conservative. Even the reliably blue Iron Range is abandoning Biden.
Usually, the metro area vote dominates. The riots are going to bring out the rural and suburban voters in droves. The rural areas will vote for Trump as they did last time, and a lot of suburban voters that previously voted blue will rebel.
I think MN is going to Trump this year.