Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 09, 2013, 10:11:05 PM
I think you were assuming facts not in evidence.
Also, there is no reason a black person would be more or less competent at crime, or even more or less worried about the consequences of being caught.
Criminals in general are dumb, and dumb crosses every boundary.
I don't think that's where my mind went. At least I hope not. I think it was more or less that there's a strong police presence there and fewer blacks "hanging around" for fear of NOPD getting in their face. Not to say it doesn't happen but I see the exchanges between the police and white crust kids go down a lot differently than with blacks in the Marigny and in the FQ. The crusties get loud and indignant and are pretty damned obnoxious, even when they're caught doing something red-handed. They hang around the Spirit shop on Decatur drinking and busking and hogging the sidewalk.
My knee-jerk assumption was likely the product of that.
The other possibility is that I was targeted. Maybe it was someone who knew what to look for. I'm sure my Faulkner State parking decal was a big hint that there might be some cool gadgets in my car. The hot-pink steampunk goggles and the stethoscope slung over the rear-view mirror probably didn't hurt. I don't know.