Last night my husband, my 19 year old son, and I went to see Hoytus in Sebastopol at Aubergine. At about 11 PM my son decided to go out and take a walk down town to just see what's going on further downtown. He was with his Kalimba playing it as he walked. If anyone knows my son, they know he almost goes no where without that little musical instrument (the Kalimba). He is also mixed, half white half African and has brown skin. He was on his way back from down town toward Aubergine again playing his kalimba when he got blasted with a bright light from a cop car riding up behind him on the street. The cop gets out and makes him put his instrument down, told him to keep his hands out of his pockets, asked him his name and to show his i.d. This is not the first time this has happened to him in Sebastopol. My son asked the cop "is everything alright?" and took it further, typical of my son, asked the cop "are you alright, are you ok" because as a human my son said the cop was very nervous. He actually told my son that he shouldn't be asking him that, he's supposed to be checking him (my son) out. Then he called into another cop giving my son's name and then said, No it wasn't him they were looking for, he'd been responding to a complaint somewhere way down the other end of town where someone's car had been broken into and things robbed. Now, why would he randomly stop my son just walking down the street? My son did say that not only was he playing the instrument he was kind of skipping / moving to his beats, including whistling, and he describes himself as whistling and singing in joy under the street lights. I bet if it was a white guy skipping and dancing down the street the cop would've ignored him. It was just seeing a black kid who's not always seen in Sebastopol. Anyone who knows my son, knows that he is NOT gangster or criminal in any way. I've heard for years and years and witnessed racial profiling in Sonoma County (my husband has been a victim often). But now when it starts happening to my kids it's hitting a raw nerve!!!! Just want people to be aware of this who are not aware.