"Relationships between the police and minority groups are an ongoing problem in many multiracial societies. Surveys consistently document racial differences in perceptions of the police, with minorities who are more likely than whites to harbor negative opinions." (Weitzer and Tuch, Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct, 2004) Much of society views law enforcement officers as heroic and honorable individuals whose primary purpose is to protect and serve the community. For many officers this description is accurate, however for others; violence and brutality against innocent citizens are part of the work done. For years, minorities have been victims of police brutality based on racial profiling, stereotyping and other unjustifiable reasons that have cost innocent lives. Officer involvement in police brutality against minority groups causes tainted and negative views of the police. This reduces their ability to protect and serve the community. Police brutality is a violent incident involving an officer and a victim, usually involving excessive use of force, unnecessary violence, and sometimes resulting in a senseless death. Minority groups such as African Americans and Hispanics have often been victims of this form of abuse by officers, yet little justice has been done to protect these individuals from this form of cruelty at the hands of those with the most power. individuals, police brutality is a non-existent issue because it does not directly affect them or the community in which they live. Yet for others, this is an everyday occurrence and few limitations have been placed on what constitutes an officer's unfair and harmful behavior towards the public, thus, diverse officers are rare... middle of paper... ., 747 -763.Simmons, K. C. (2008). Policing policy: Ensuring stakeholder collaboration in federal local law enforcement reform. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 98(2), 489-246. Smith, B. W. & Holmes, M. D. (2003). Community accountability, minority threat, and police brutality: An examination of criminal civil rights complaints. Criminology, 41(4), 1035-1063. Tyler, T. (2005). Black and white policing: Ethnic group differences in trust and confidence in the police. Police Quarterly, 8(3), 322-342. Weitzer, R. and Tuch, S. (2004) Race and perceptions of police misconduct. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. SOCIAL PROBLEMS, vol. 51, no. 3, pages 305–325. ISSN: 0037-7791; online ISSN: 1533-8533 Web. 4 September 2015.http://web.missouri.edu/~jlfm89/Race%20Perceptions%20of%20Police%20Misconduct.pdf