Starr   1    statistics 

• Black males are 21 times more likely to be killed by cops than their white counterparts
• 99% of police brutality complaints are not upheld
• black people are targeted in SWAT raids 42% of the time 
• 31% of black drivers are more likely to bepulled over that white drivers. 

Starr 2  statistics

• Police ooffers are rarely prosecuted for killing and brutalizing unarmed black men.
• 52% of white americans believe that police offers are treating black people fairly, but only 12% of americans think that 
• 81% of people recieving criminal summonses are black or latino 
• across the country police unions wield an extraordinary amount of power and many have proven they use their power to defend bad cops. 

Starr   3    brutality 

• In arizona police unions support a bill that would keep officers names secret for 60 days after they use deadly force 
• protecting bad cops is built into the fabric of police culture and is a structured issue that has to be corrected eith structured solutions
• Avtivist and other reformers are demanding that state legislatures pass sweeping laws holiding police offers.

starr 3 brutality

• At least 13 states are reviewing bills that require officers to wear body cams 
• An officer who is convicted of killing an innocent person or being abusive should lose his rights to work in any law inforcement capacity and plus his benefits.
• most reasonable people would agree that bad cops she be kept the benefits of a uniform they violate

Starr  3  brutality

• police reform is possible and in very slow ways , some are seeing glimmer of hope that it might be coming.
• protesters and activist know they have to keep the pressure 
• protests across the country are demanding local and state government seriously tackle abusive police practices and punish officers who violate the police's trust