I think that the main reason for the development of tension between a community and its police force is generalizations. The police force usually generalizes that certain groups are the only ones that commit crimes. For example, most of the policemen will stop a black person just because they are black. Why do they do this? Internally they are generalizing that the black community and its people are criminals, although this is not true. In other words, policemen are more likely to stop a Hispanic or a black person because they believe that their group are all criminals or have done bad things. Again, they are generalizing and this generalization has created tension. It created tension because these communities are trying to explain that just
