Why can't they sit quietly?
I have family members who are on the brink of losing their business because they were told to sit quietly, they were threatened with arrest if they opened up. We are now supposed to completely forget about about headlines like the Atlantic ran talking about "Georgia's Human Sacrifice", none of that matters now because people on your side believe that this cause is more noble than someone losing a business?
Where is the Atlantic or NY Times headline talking about social distancing in regards to the protests? Does it simply not matter at all anymore? And if it doesn't what does that say about what we've lived through the last two months.
I am not an advocate of protests (especially violent protests and looting), because people need to be safe and not risk spreading the disease, especially since COVID seems more dangerous to minorities.
But you're comparing a one time request of shutting down private, non-essential businesses for a few months to systemic racism, which never seems to end. Even when it was done peacefully (i.e. Colin Kapernick) these voices were marginalized or skewed.
Whether or not you agree with keeping businesses closed, you can't compare that the protesters be told to act just like small business owners, namely because protesters for racial equality aren't treated like small business owners.
And how many of the small business protesters who entered a government building with assault rifles were shot, blinded, gassed, and killed by the police?
You (general you) can mockingly or derisively say "lol what's the difference?" But it is different.
On another note, I can't speak for all stations, but MSNBC did issue warnings today about the dangers of protesting reviving the virus.