at the time of this writing, 95% of the sheriffs in the u.s. are white, and 95% are men.

a supreme court ruling written by justice antonin scalia found that u.s. police officers have no duty or obligation to protect citizens - even children - from harm.

according to a study of how police officers spend their work hours, the majority spend more time on officer-initiated stops than they do solving crimes. in fact, as much as 88% of their time, and 79% of that on traffic stops.

of those traffic stops, police officers were more than twice as likely to pull over black driversas opposed to white drivers, and only 11% of those stops were because the officer stopped the driver based on reasonable suspicion of a crime.

police departments in the u.s. and u.k. were originally created to control crowds - not to enforce the law or solve crimes.

there are no laws in the u.s. that require you to carry an i.d. however, if stopped by the police in 24 states due to reasonable suspicion that you committed a crime, you are legally required to identify yourself. the police are permitted to search you if they reasonably suspect that you committed a crime.

to find out if you are under suspicion for a crime, ask the officer(s) this: "officer(s), are you detaining me, or am i free to go?" if they say that they are not detaining you, you can walk away without answering any more questions.

blacks and latinos accounted for 100% of lapd dog bite victims in 2013.