Interesting story about my nephews black friend who kept getting stopped by cops for no reason

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28. Preferential treatment not just when being pulled over

I fly a LOT, and this doesn't apply to when I'm overseas, which is 80% of the time now. But when I'm in the States, due to being a male traveling alone, often on a one-way ticket (they profile these), the dark hair and beard, I'm sometimes pulled out for a special pat-down security check. I put on a thicker southern accent that I really have, use a commanding officer tone from the movies (I never wore a uniform), and cooperatively say, "alright, sir, let's get it done!" Works every time. The TSA guy hears that, pats my pack twice and says OK, you're done. They really do have pre-conceived notions of what everyone is, and all you have to do is conform to the one they find least worthy of their attention (if you're 17 and black, you're pretty much SOL). Of course, the bad guys know this, too, which is why all these roadside pull-overs and special pat-downs at airports usually only harass innocents.