The area in which you live has alot to do with it too. I can give you a 'seen it with my own eyes' example. Then too, they had alot of leads with that case.
my example: some Atlanta police just don't care. Ok about 2yrs ago my boyfriend's neice called him and said that her baby's father had her and the kid locked into the house and wouldn't let her leave. They had gotten into an argument and she was going back to her house with the baby who was only about 7-8 months. He had vandalized the car (broke windows, busted a tire, and scratched up the car) He heard her on the phone and came in wildin' out and cussing saying that she wasn't leaving and that he dared us to do something. This is happening off of Dill Avenue in Atlanta. (if anyone knows Dill then you would know how bad and how many people are killed on that street alone over the years.) We strap up in bulletproof vests and got the guns ready for protection of course. We switched to a car that wasn't familar to these guys, especially baby daddy. We rode through to the house and when we were riding through he had about 8-10 guys walking around, sitting on cars with all types of guns out.
So we were like we can't win this one. So we went up to the police station up the street for help. We went in and told them what was happening and they just didn't give a fuck. One officer said he was going to take a shit first, 2 more were playing video games, and everyone was just lounging. One officer was taking statements and was all slow and unconcerned. Thats when my boyfriend yelled "look if ya'll not gonna do anything, I am about to take it in my own hands! I would really hate for someone to get killed in this situation......" He went off. Thats when they finally jumped to their feet and went down there. All hell broke loose.
So thats why I say, its not a racial thing but more so a social thing.
