Understand Protests As 'Acts Of Rebellion' Instead Of Riots, Marc Lamont Hill Says

“It's really important when we look at these uprisings around the country that we don't dismiss them as simply random violence or foolishness, that there's no political sensemaking happening on behalf of the people doing the work out here in the field. These are political responses,” says Hill, who is also a professor at Temple University.
“These are people who are responding to structural injustice,” he says, “and they're doing it through organized actions around the country.”
Dismissing protesters as rioters “dehumanizes” the people who are taking “coordinated” actions to fight injustice, Hill says, and he is hopeful that speaking out in this moment will bring about change.