I don't think their governors and mayors are encouraging it. I think they don't know what to do. There is a dirty little secret that almost no one seems to talk about. Do you think Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed is run by Democrats or Republicans? Answer: There is not a single Republican on their city council. There are at present: 11 Democrats, 1 Green, and 1 vacancy. The mayor is a Democrat. So let's see: We have a racist police system in a city that is run by Democrats? Answer: Yes.The democratic states are allowing these protests/riots to continue... Their governors and mayors are even encouraging this behaviour...
I heard Cuomo saying something needed to be done to fix the racism in the police force in New York. I asked myself, "How long have Democrats been running New York, and you're only now admitting you have a problem of racism in your police?"
Democrats knew. I am sure they had black people tell them they had a problem; but the white Democrats running the show did nothing. Black people know the Democrats are often hypocritical -- the only reason they stick with the Democrats is they think Republicans are worse.
You go into some Democratic cities and you can see they don't care about blacks. There are few black people living in San Francisco. They used to have more, but many moved out. Not that many in Seattle either. They want rich whites or Asians there. Seattle has a 7% black population -- San Francisco 5.2%. I'd say there is systemic racism in Seattle that no one seemed to be talking about; but we are seeing black people angry about it.