And some people wonder why we run from/resist the police. This kind of shish right here

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. That's effed up.

That sort of thing DOES happen to some white people too, especially if they're poor and look a certain way.

Cops profile all the time, and they tend to lurk where they hope to get "two for the price of one" opportunities. A traffic stop might result in finding drugs. a warrant for arrest, etc.

They're constantly looking for opportunities like that in my mostly-white, but not affluent, neighborhood.

There's wealthier neighborhoods within a few miles, and the police NEVER park their cars at those places, sitting there and hoping to spot a minor violation of some kind that could reveal something else in the process.

If they were allowed to just enter apartments around here and do random searches without cause, I'm sure they would.

I'm not going to pretend the profiling is as bad here, but it's what they do. And a lot of cops just aren't very bright either.

Edit:
I got to enjoy the "Andy Griffith" experience when I was growing up too, based on where my parents lived. Cops there would smile and wave when you waved at them, the few times that you saw them. They certainly never "hunkered down" while waiting for the slightest excuse to get in your ass when I lived there.
I knew it was different here the first time that I waved and smiled at a cop, and the guy looked at me like I must be up to no good.