&quot;If they&#x27;d come across the actual criminal and he&#x27;d behaved similarly (and lying by producing plausible ID, acceptable home address, etc) and then let the actual criminal go, that&#x27;d be terrible.&quot;<p>No it wouldn&#x27;t. This happens all the time to white people. I had a friend who had numerous warrants and was let go by the police numerous times because he used his brother&#x27;s name. The author is saying they only did this because he was black and I don&#x27;t doubt that one bit.