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A group of actors made a youtube video that strongly reminds me of this discussion. They had a black man, white man, black woman and white woman being in a park and dismantling a bike lock.

For the black man, passers by rushed him, knocked him down by force, and called the police.

For the white man, people pointed, talking loudly about "what is he doing", and one person called the police.

For the black woman, people ignored, regardless what she did to the lock.

For the white woman, people went to help her break the lock.

If random people have this sense of justice in regard to a fairly common crime like bike theft, then why should we be surprised if the criminal system have similar bias?