According to some political observers, the different reaction of many blacks versus most whites to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, can be linked to the fact that ______.

a. whites are often treated with suspicion without any real cause
b. blacks and whites experience the criminal justice system in the same ways
c. blacks tend to perceive the police as persecutors rather than protectors
d. Stop-and-Frisk policies affect mostly white men
e. whites are more likely to receive harsher sentences than blacks

c. blacks tend to perceive the police as persecutors rather than protectors