<p>Racial bias ;among America&rsquo;s police force &ndash; or at least the appearance of it &ndash; has become a huge issue in this year&rsquo;s presidential election. With Black Lives Matter wrecking havoc every time a cop allegedly mistreats a black suspect, ;police officers are in more danger than ever. ;</p>
<p><em>But as FBI Director James Comey points out, there is little reliable data to prove that such a bias actually exists. ;</em></p>
<p>In order to address this growing issue, the FBI has set out to launch a &ldquo;nationwide database&hellip;that shows us what happened, who was involved, what were they like, what were the circumstances, so we can have informed conversations,&rdquo; said Comey during a Senate hearing earlier this week.</p>
<p>Racial bias in policing is &ldquo;one of the most important issues we confront in the FBI &ndash; I think we confront as Americans,&rdquo; continued Comey. &ldquo;Every conversation, in my view, about the use of force and race and policing in this country is uninformed.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Comey told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he expects the database to be fully functional in a year or two. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;People of tremendous goodwill (are) trying to resolve these things,&rdquo; said Comey. &ldquo;What we can contribute as a country is information to that conversation&hellip;so the great people who care deeply about these things can come to solutions that are practical and just.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Comey noted that the data we have now, which comes mainly from newspapers, just isn&rsquo;t reliable. &ldquo;We simply must collect data that is reliable nationwide about police use of deadly force, in connection, in alterations encounters with civilians. We simply must.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Comey noted that demographic data in regards to police-involved shootings is not always reported to the FBI. &ldquo;No one in this country knows whether the use of deadly force against any particular group, African-Americans most particularly, is up, down, or sideways over the last 10 years&hellip; Do we have an epidemic of violence? No one knows.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Senator Cory Booker, a black Democrat from New Jersey, insists that the data, although incomplete, reveals &#8220;an alarming fact pattern in our country.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I believe we have a chasm in this country that, in many places, where a divide is open and opening between law enforcement and communities, especially the African-American community,&rdquo; said Booker. &ldquo;The causes for it are complicated and long-standing, but not elusive&hellip; We have problems, things we can do better in law enforcement that are obvious and we&rsquo;re working very hard to change.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Everyone wants the same type of policing, says Corey, &ldquo;up close, responsible, lawful, firm, but fair&hellip;transparent.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are safer when we have it, and the good news for America is there are a ton of police leaders who feel exactly as I do, and we are going to drive that chasm closer together because it&rsquo;s the way to save lives in this country.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>Ediotor&#8217;s note:</strong>  ;The question is whether this will be an honest effort (and likely disprove most of the claims of Black Lvies Matter) or a &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; database to be used by liberals in their propaganda effort. ;</p>