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Most rational people aren't racist.
They really believe that you shouldn't punish groups for the crimes of individuals.
But when the police refuse to punish an individual because they are a member of a group, rational people start to become mistrustful of that group.
This is not because the group, as a whole, is bad; it's because they know that a small number of the members of that group will realize they can commit, virtually, any crime with impunity.
So they become rationally racist. The rational part is what distinguishes them from bigots. Bigotry is irrational racism. It's both simple and difficult to tell the two apart.
A corollary to the cops not enforcing the law when the members of a protected group committing the crimes is the rise of vigilantism.
The law needs to be colorblind, and what matters is the crime not the demographics of the perpetrator.
Otherwise the people will reclaim the power they delegated to the police and decline to recognize the legislation promulgated in their name by politicians they'd previously delegated to represent them.
Then it won't be a republic any more.
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