Racial and ethnic minority perceptions that the police lack lawfulness and legitimacy, based largely on their interactions with the police,
Most minorities see police as unlawful and illegitimate because they have experience and past interactions with police in which they have grown a dislike for police.
Distrust of police has serious consequences. It undermines the legitimacy of law enforcement, and without legitimacy police lose their ability and authority to function effectively.
If people can not trust law enforcement then why even use them. People will most likely not even trust law enforcement to help them because there is so much distrust
Minorities frequently report that the police disproportionately single them out because of their race or ethnicity.
Minorities have grown to have suspicion and distrust of the law enforcement because they feel as if they are singled out by police because of their race.