Wise choice
If you obviously don't belong somewhere, LEAVE !
A white man in a black ghetto is going to be a victim real quick.
A black man in a white suburb is safe, he might get slow service at a restaurant because the waitress making $2.13/ hour knows she is likely to get stiffed on the tip, so she gives better service to regulars and whites in general.
It is profiling for sure. Law enforcement like FBI and such analyze a major crime spree and create a profile all the time .
This unsub likely committed these 6 murders in this area, same MO, then they come up with a likely age range, racial guess, job guess and close in that way.
A big city cop has to take on the tactics of a Hank Voight in order to get things done.
Big city cop vs. suburb cop is like the difference of being in the Army and stationed at Fort Carson or being in Afghanistan
Totally different worlds often just a few dozen miles apart