The author is arguing that
-multigenerational oppression of black people
-permanant underclass of mostly poc formerly incarcerated people w/o access to employment
-easy access to guns
-sympathy of public to anti police actions
Creates a situation where the US is likely to developed a non centralized anti police insurgency. The author then argues that the US should reform policing to prevent such an insurgency.
They will “reform the police to prevent such an insurgency” by turning the police into counter-insurgency forces (more than they already are). The war is coming home, folks.