Might not be so bad if the actual problem officials and officers were purged.
When police are merciful to a subject, usually that is (in more than one way) mighty white of them. Not that this attitude can’t be shared in all skins, but racism is a virulent modern vice especially self-racism.
The police officers on trial in Baltimore are three white and three black. I don’t think racism is the prime factor, it’s a “US vs THEM” mentality, on BOTH sides of the law.........................