The verdict is a farce, and what's worse is that it provides a total green light to vigilantism. It'll serve to encourage extremists to pick up a weapon, travel to a hotspot, agitate the situation, shoot down people randomly, and claim self- defense when charged.
This establishes a legal standard whereby a protester can face death at the hands of self-appointed gun wielding vigilantes. It challenges the notion of rule of law and a free society. Our 1st Amendment right to peaceably assemble is being sacrificed at the altar of racial grievance and a twisted interpretation of the 2nd Amendment, which was laughed out of court for two centuries until the Roberts Court came to power.