Cherechi Anosike

In her book America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s, Elizabeth Hinton argues that Black rebellion was a rational response to police violence and systemic racism. She also argues that the cycle of police violence and Black rebellion will continue as long as policing exists. What Hinton said about Black rebellion: Black rebellion was a rational response to police violence Black rebellion was a "self-fulfilling prophecy" Black rebellion was part of a "sustained insurgency" against inequality Black rebellion was a response to a "genocidal" police force What Hinton said about policing Policing is entangled with political and economic elites Policing is a "poisoned tree" that perpetuates the cycle of police repression and Black rebellion Policing is rooted in a system that defines as the problem the people who seek to liberate themselves from racial oppression What Hinton said about the war on crime The war on crime was a harsh form of policing that exacerbated inequality The war on poverty failed to provide people with the resources they needed