Ambiguity

One story about violence on Juneteenth.

And another.

I'm baffled by the last couple lines of this second story: the poorly worded quote, and the poor contextual placement of it.

Some people think the violence takes away from the real meaning of Juneteenth.

"I think it should be continued," said Earnestine Rogers. "It shouldn't be stopped because of some youngsters."

It's the second year in a row that violence has broken out at the celebration.

Given the preceding sentence (and I suppose the following sentence as well), what seems to be the most grammatically appropriate antecedent for the pronoun "it" in Earnestine's quote? It seems to me as if "violence" fits best. Try re-reading what she had to say as if "violence" were that antecedent--has a really scary connotation doesn't it? Who is this woman and what's wrong with her?

Behold the importance of context, copy-editing, and choosing unambiguous quotations.