I work in a police department. I have stayed out of this so far due to the fact that I have my issues with police management. I will say this, accountability is most definitely tied in to racism. I have seen white officers not even get a verbal counseling for issues that myself and other black officers have faced termination over (calling another officer lazy, etc). I don't think most cops are racist, however one can observe the racial . . . undertones when dealing with suspects of different races under similar circumstances. If racial disparities are addressed, accountability for each officer will go up. A lot of problems will be settled. It's almost as if being a racist piece of work emboldens individuals and they descend down that slippery slope into being something so perverse, it's hard to comprehend how they were even hired in the first place.