I was out playing roller hockey a few years ago with a bunch of guys in an empty parking lot. A police car pulled up, and the offier in the passenger seat got out and asked us if we had seen a black woman walking in the area within the last little while.
Nobody else did, but I had.
"I saw her," I said, "She walked past here along that sidewalk about 15-20 minutes ago. She was wearing a dark blouse and a long skirt or dress with a flowery pattern, and she was carrying a plain brown shopping bag. She crossed the street right here and walked through the parking lot across the street. I couldn't see if she went into that supermarket or walked around the other side."
The two officers thought I was joking.
"How the hell could you notice all that about some random person walking along the street, when none of these other guys saw her?"
"She wasn't a random person walking along the street," I said, "She didn't look like she belongs here and something about her wasn't quite right, so I kept an eye on her while everyone else was playing."
I don't know if they caught her, but she was wanted for shoplifting and may have been carrying the stolen merchandise in that shopping bag.
Anyone who tries too hard not to be a "racist" runs a serious risk of being a "victim."