Does the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury permit the reviewing court, at Batson's first stage, to conclude that a minority venire member's negative experience with police is a race-neutral reason for the state's peremptory challenge when the venire member insists that, despite that experience, she will be impartial?

QUESTION PRESENTED A United States Department of Justice investigation concluded that law enforcement in defendant’s community systemically engages in racist police practices. Does the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury permit the reviewing court, at Batson’s first stage, to conclude that a minority venire member’s negative experience with police is a race-neutral reason for the state’s peremptory challenge when the venire member insists that, despite that experience, she will be impartial? 2