I saw a much less well known but very sad example of this on YouTube the other night. Body cam footage from police officers.

The single father of a 4-year-old girl had called the police because his ex, who did not have custody, had just kidnapped the girl.

He was distraught. She was homeless, struggling with meth addiction, and not mentally stable. He called 911 sick with fear.

But when the police arrived, four of them, they saw HIM as a threat. He was waving his arms around in the air telling them what happened and telling them exactly where he figured his daughter was. But the four heavily armed cops were afraid of him, evidently because he's quite tall and muscular. And Black. Can you feel my eyes rolling?

They ordered him to calm down and get on the ground.

He expressed astonishment, again telling them exactly where he thought his daughter probably was. And begging them to please go find her.

They beat the f*** out of him. They beat the holy living f*** out of him.

While he had his hands behind his back expressing a willingness to be handcuffed.

He just had surgery, he explained to them, so he could not get on the ground. They beat the holy living f*** out of him.

Because he's Black, which made him a suspect in their minds rather than a victim of crime, which he actually was.

They charged him with obstruction and felony assault. Then they went and found his daughter, who was exactly where he suggested she probably was.

The county prosecutor reviewed body cam footage and dropped all the charges against him as unfounded.

But he suffered permanent injury to his body, and I'm sure to his spirit.

The local police chief investigated and said that none of his officers had violated any policy, asserting that they acted professionally and reasonably.

By presuming that a Black victim of crime was a perpetrator of crime.