I’m white. I lived for many years in a neighborhood of Detroit that is almost completely Black. During all those years, I was was involved in one traffic stop. I was never stopped and questioned by the police for any other reason. I could walk down the street completely free, getting nothing but waves and hellos from cops.

My neighbors could not do that. Everyone I knew was used to being stopped routinely when they drove, and used to being stopped on the street from time to time.

We lived in the same neighborhood, in the same city. The only difference was that my neighbors were black and I was white.

I understand that sort of anecdotal evidence doesn’t prove anything, but I don’t think it would surprise any black person in the United States.