I have only had one interaction with police. It ended with them trying to pin the robbery of the store I was working at on me. They had footage of another person running, but couldn't see his face. They couldn't ID his car. The officer on the scene misquoted me and they used that against me. They took me for questioning without telling me I could have a lawyer, and without telling me that my parents should be present (I was under 18). They told me I had to take a polygraph test and tried to use that to bully me into confessing to something I didn't do. I was a child.

If I, a solidly middle-class white guy can have that experience, what is the experience like for marginalized kids?

Now, that is VERY anecdotal, I understand that. But why would I ever open myself up to that kind of liability again?