Used book – Hard Revolution, George P. Pelecanos

Just out of childhood, Derek and Dennis are confronted with the racist tensions that prevail in the ghetto. Nine years later, Derek, now a cop, investigates the death of a young Black man, and Dennis has fallen into drugs and delinquency. The two brothers will tear each other apart in a city on the verge of explosion. Soon, the entire capital goes up in flames...

"This is not the time to give in to hatred," he declared.