You can say those sorts of things in private conversations, but public figures would be crucified for saying anything like that.
We all know more now 3 years later about George Floyd then we knew right at the time. At the time, the media presented it as a case of a racist cop using undue force that killed a man. Now we know better , but at the time , people’s statements were based on the limited knowledge we had at that time.
Even Trump thought the attack on Jussie was legit at the time.
Of course they would have. Even regular people were getting fired from their jobs for liking tweets that said, "All Lives Matter."
Half the country went completely batshit insane in 2020. And the other half of us kept our mouths shut if we knew what was good for us.