Racial profiling, real or perceived, really isn't a reason to run from the police.

So, we have a cop. He thinks lots of blacks are criminals, so he stops every one he sees that looks even vaguely suspicious and asks them what they're doing. He's a racial profiler.

So we have another cop. He's not a racial profiler, but he's very dedicated -- so he stops everybody he sees that looks even vaguely suspicious and asks them what they're doing.

Profiling or not, there's no additional reason to run from cop #1 than cop #2 ... though having a gun, tresspassing on a construction site might be enough reason to run from either cop in spite of he risks.

If you have a cop that really doesn't like blacks (or some other group) and books them on bogus charges or stuff like that -- that goes beyond simple profiling. But by itself, profiling doesn't put innocent people in jail, for example.