[graciegirl]

I really think that a person's "prior record" always has to do with the situation. A person who is well known to the police and with a history of violence is more dangerous. ALWAYS.

We all profile. It is how we save our bacon every day in a thousand ways. We use assessments and reasoning and we know when to walk and when to run and when to avoid a situation. It is Darwin's survival of the fitness and the smartest. There are many forms of humans recognizing danger. Not every human has all the perceptions of smelling a rat. I think gender figures into it too. These days we are deemed politically incorrect for even bringing up gender or innate ability. But mankind has used these ways of protecting themselves and protecting their family and protecting their homes to the betterment of civilization. Now we are directed to ignore reasonable assessments of danger.