Police also tend to treat foreigners with much more disdain and charge them with harsher penalties for crimes than they would charge a native citizen. The problem is accountability. Checks and balances are apart of almost every part of government. But in the U.S. it is the police that police themselves. Internal affairs are useless when it comes to issues of police brutality. If you wanted to report a police officer for a crime that you witnessed, and you didn't have absolute, incontrovertible evidence, you'd be s*** out of luck. You'd have absolutely no viable recourse. If you do happen to have video of the incident, then who do you go to? You can't go directly to the police. They're a fraternity and there are repurcussions for those who turn on their brothers. The average American wouldn't know who else to turn to. Your only recourse is to post it to Youtube and hope it goes viral. Even then, there's no guarantee that any law-enforcement agency will take it action. And even then, you can't guarantee that the offending officer will be dealt the proper punishments.