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Symantics. We all get the point of the video, edited or not. I don't think anyone would argue with, a black person cutting a bike lock, would arouse more suspicion than the white guy.
The question is, is it racist? I think it is definitely a profiling based on learned behaviors, awareness and experience. It has also been justified with overwhelming statistics.
But is it racist? I honestly don't know. It's not racist to me. It's just common sense. But to the next guy, that common sense might be considered racist. I dunno.
If the assumption is that the "white kid must be alright in spite of giving off every conceivable signal that he's doing something sketchy" then that goes beyond simple profiling. To put it more simply, it's not "profiling" if he's demonstrably breaking the law.