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by tim-tday 17 days ago
Yes, that’s what police do. They drive around and use their judgment to match known criminal activity to behaviors they see around them. Hopefully instances of false positives like two kids going to play basketball get dropped without undue interruptions of the lives of people just going about their lives. (As happened in this case)
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> Yes, that’s what police do. They drive around and use their judgment to match known criminal activity to behaviors they see around them.

See also: racial profiling and Driving While Black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_while_black