the legal guidelines for police misconduct
             and feel unjustly targeted by the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau
             of Investigation, which have jurisdiction in this matter. That feeling of
             injustice is false, considering that out of nearly 10,000 color of law
             complaints received each year by the Department of Justice, only about thirty
             police officers are actually prosecuted (Schafer). Since 1957 approximately
             74 percent of all civil rights investigations reported each year allege police
             misconduct (Schafer). In the rare case that a police officer is actually
             punished, penalties could range from probation all the way to the death
             penalty depending on the severity of the crime. According to a June 1999
             study done by the American Civil Liberties Union, many states have denied that
             racial profiling occurs despite overwhelming evidence supporting it. The
             public wants to believe that police officers are doing their jobs righteously
             by protecting and serving; however, according to the study, most Americans can
             recognize the difference between racism and assertive, effective policing
             Millions of Americans watch television everyday for various reasons, but
             the most common one is to get the latest news. People like to stay informed,
             but what good is it when they are constantly being misinformed? The media
             tend to 'profile' just as much, if not more, than police, just in an indirect
             way, thus, the second form of racial profiling. The media fails to cover
             their own profiling, but are the first to criticize police racial profiling.
             When they actually do acknowledge their own profiling, they tend to try to
             cover it up more than give coverage. The number of African Americans involved
             in an issue are usually over-represented by the media, therefore further
             racializing the issue. This fact that African Americans seem to be so largely
             involved in so many issues is viewed as...