Police crime is not just an issue that takes causes problem within the force, it also causes world problems. Reactions to abusive police have provoked major urban riots. Commissions formed to investigate the causes of these disturbances have often found that police brutality, or perceived brutality, was a trigger. Most of these commissions were announced with great fanfare and promise. These commissions pondered that we step up and make a bold commitment to eliminate the racial disparities layed upon to us by our racist past, and that we take serious steps to change police practices. Ultimately, of course, their recommendations were ignored. This growing global interest also is prompting African-American activists to look outside the country for assistance in their struggle against biased policing. Despite the serious dangers involved in this issue, few in national leadership seem concerned. There is a growing concern elsewhere, however. The international human-rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have authored studies that severely condemn some police practices in the U.S., particularly as they pertain to the treatment of racial minorities. The European Union also has become increasingly vocal in its condemnation of racial biases in death-penalty cases.
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