If this were the main factor, then victims of police violence would be a representative sample of the population. Instead, they are disproportionately non-white

If this were the main factor, then victims of police violence would be a representative sample of the population. Instead, they are disproportionately non-white. The current state of affairs has to be understood in the historical context of institutionalized racism in the US. It's built into policing in the same way it was built into the physical infrastructure of cities. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-racist-planning-shaped-our-city-20190411-pkobnblgejhbdjitqpdhflxj6u-story.html https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-racist-planning-...