Might it be that police tend to do what the most-influential in their jurisdiction ask them to do? Somewhat related: The Irish in America earned their whitenes

Might it be that police tend to do what the most-influential in their jurisdiction ask them to do? Somewhat related: The Irish in America earned their whiteness through cruelty to those with whom, in the Five Points for example, they’d relatively-peacefully coexisted. They saw an opportunity to get an advantage over, rather than continue to be in solidarity with, people with darker skin. Then they solidified this advantage by working in policing and politics.[0] [0] https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-the-irish-became-white/ https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-the-irish-became-white/