Do you believe that how a person perceives something affects their view on it?

Do you believe that how one perceives something has sway on how they view it? For instance as seeing a cop beating a young man, if you were from the ”hood” would you see it as abuse of power by the cops, or if you were a victim of violent crime you would view it as the thug getting what he had coming, for surely the cops would not be thumping him had he not been doing something illegal. That is just one example of many things that can be viewed through different lenses depending on which telescope one looks through. If you believe what a person believes has nothing to do with how he perceives it, explain how that can be.