"Oh, so because DC cops killed some kid, it's ok to throw bricks in people's faces."

It's as good of a reason as any. Not that it was an excuse, I don't think anyone needs an excuse to throw a brick in someones face (not that I am saying that it happened like that). People had reasons to smash windows and do whatever their hearts desired. They still do! We all do.

I don't care if it was an accident or not, why should their be pity?

Whoever got hit chose to ignore the situation at hand. She made a decision to be on that street that day, she made the decision to shop/work at those stores, were those clothes, she is choosing to be part of the anti-culture that is the yuppie. It's a conscious decision. There were ramifications to that decision. Any excuse she has to that would sure as shit come from a first world white privileged position that I don't give a fuck about.

Let's contrast that to being a person of color anywhere, Or being poor in a country that is under IMF/WB rule.