""Don, go back and read. The postulate was not that the police needed to be wary of all. It was that the police are wary of YOU because they met someone like you before. That's not judging you, it's assuming that you are like that other person - be he a Jew, or an Afro-Caribbean, or an Irishman.""

YOU go back and read!!

"ANYBODY" means humanoid, one head, two arms, two legs, capable of speech and (in some cases at least) rational thought.

It is irrespective of size, gender, sexual orientation, skin colour, nationality and disability.

It refers specifically to any human being who may have a knife, a gun, a syringe, or simply saliva loaded with HIV virus.

I'd love to see you out with police at chucking out time with nothing but your common sense and caution for defence.

I worked as a cabbie for over ten years and saw what cops face from drunks and I can tell you that it doesn't matter if they are black or white, scruffy or suited and booted. A cop cannot trust anybody if he wants to stay in one piece.

If you don't understand that you haven't been paying attention.

Don T.