Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us From the multitude of cases of police brutality and misconduct against black individuals to the fact that Black people are five times more likely to be arrested and incarcerated than white people, it’s obvious to see that there is a serious issue of racial bias and flat out racism in the American criminal justice system. This of course is nothing new. Racism has been an issue in criminal justice, as well as many other systems, throughout US history.