Two complementary points framing Black Lives Matter: 1) riot is a political act, even school kids rebelling should be seen as political actors, and 2) in America since 1968 black riots have largely and persistently been a political response to above-the-ordinary cases of police oppression. In clear relatable re-countings of riots mostly on the periphery, Hinton places today's steady beat of police killings, riots, and further militarized and ganged violence from police maintaining white power in an unaddressed lineage, making the same unheard demands for reform, investment, and fairness all these years.