This reminds me of something I pointed out elsewhere... I don't know any black people who have never had a negative, frightening interaction with police. And I have a lot of black friends, from teenagers up to men in their 60s. I've had friends arrested, had guns pointed at them, on ridiculous things (one that stands out was a friend who got arrested and roughed up for doing his laundry in his dorm).
"Baseless paranoia"? Ask any black person you know if they think this is baseless paranoia.
"Baseless paranoia"? Ask any black person you know if they think this is baseless paranoia.