Police brutality relates to critical race theory by helping prove that race is a social construct. Even though there is no biological difference between the races, whites looked at African Americans as if they were below them. Police harassment against blacks helped enforced this false idea. At the time, people who were white supported the police officers actions against African Americans regardless of knowing all of the facts, because the police had such heavy influence on the people. Police officers held an extreme amount of power and authority over the citizens and were able to influence the white community to think positively about their actions. However, today, people are finally starting to realize that not all actions done by the police are justified. Because of this, people of all color are taking action against police brutality, by fighting to help eliminate it against African Americans, working towards completely quality of the races.