A lot of police are corrupt, and there is an absolute ton of racism in this country so we believe it when the cop tells a lie that implicates a black guy.<p>Not racist like we&#x27;re out in klan hoods on the weekend, and it&#x27;s definitely not like we&#x27;re consciously choosing to be racist--this is just lifetimes of unexamined biases, media information, etc.  We have these little biases that tell us not to trust the black guy&#x27;s word and that adds up over time.<p>Overcoming that shit is <i>hard</i>.