&gt; He comes to the encounter with preconceived notions<p>This is the whole point, don&#x27;t you understand?<p>Consider that your desire to see each encounter as a blank slate, disconnected to each other, is your privilege.<p>If you&#x27;re black and encountering with the police, your encounter is full of decades and centuries of &quot;preconceived notions&quot; -- of abuses of power.