Baltimore "Riots" vs. Meursault's trial- What's the difference?

Lately, there has been a trend in the news condemning the actions of the Baltimore protesters, decrying their "immoral" acts as "savage" and often labeling these people as "savages" or "animals". The hero(es) in this situation, are, of course, the police, trained to Protect and Serve the American People(tm). Large media installations such as Fox and CNN decry the actions of the protesters  rioters, either claiming the unrest as unwarranted or that there Must Be A Better Way. In fact, it reminded me of Meursault's trial, although in this case it's the opposite. instead of being judged for their emotions and purpose, these protesters are being judged by their actions.

 These protests started as a result of the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died a week after being placed in police custody. He did not receive proper medical attention from the police, and slipped into a coma and died. Protesters in Baltimore are angry at this, and also the continued racism and exploitation they face in the lower income areas of the city. However, similar to Meursault's prosecutor, the mass media refuse to focus on this, and instead show shot after shot of burning buildings and smashed cars- rather, burning shops filled with things that these people could not afford, and smashed police cars, the same cars that constantly patrolled their neighborhoods, looking for people to arrest. In the way the prosecutor, would not look at Meursault's actions, and rather his soul, the media refuses to look at why people in Baltimore are angry, and instead scream and finger-wag about some broken windows and a burnt-out CVS. (It's also worth noting that a lot of the damage caused by the more rambunctious were actually cleaned up by volunteer members of the community, although the mass media would never show this).

Also inversely similar to the trial, was how the prosecutor compared Meursault's murdering to the patricide case, while the news outlets have not touched on other riots caused by rowdy white sports fans. These people were just "overly excited". When looking at numbers, it's easy to say, "well those weren't as bad as Baltimore is right now" but that's not the only part of the discussion. There were no judgements made about the people in those situations, no derying of those actions as "savage" or their perpetrators as "animals". It's just the latest double standard in the American game of Conservative vs. Liberal, which in the end is all the media will ever care about. Not the real people, who have taken to the streets after being downtrodden for so long.