The more interesting question isn’t for the jury—for whom the race of a defendant has long been swamped by other evidence—but for a police officer deciding whether or not a person’s suspicious behavior is sufficient reason to stop and question them. Not only does including race in that assessment seem rational but it is something police officers almost certainly do (if not consciously) which makes it rather more interesting as a policy question.
The more interesting question isn’t for the jury—for whom the race of a defendant has long been swamped by other evidence—but for a police officer deciding whether or not a person’s suspicious behavior is sufficient reason to stop and question them. Not only does including race in that assessment seem rational but it is something police officers almost certainly do (if not consciously) which makes it rather more interesting as a policy question.