Here's a perfect example of looking like a player. Remember, in the game, there are three kinds of players--sellers, buyers and cops. It's a mistake to be mistaken for a cop. Cops are players, just on the wrong team, so they are targets. You really don't want to pretend to be a cop.
I'll stay on Team WTF, thanks.
TSL -- who's pretending? THEY just ASSUME it, and around here, not too many cops get lined up in gunsights. HERE, pretend to be a PLAYER, and they will assume you have something they want, which ="target".
Dry-fire-boy did what he did because we were different colors, not because he assumed I was a cop; he didn't think that far -- I was just "white boy".
Other folks have told me, too, that I give off this feeling of being unapproachable; even my manager at work has said it (only half true, sometimes I PLAY unapproachable, and they don't get it -- which they should, cuz I'm absurd with it on purpose!). My 2nd wife's cousin (serious thug, but a decent heart underneath) said once, "He just look like he could tear UP some sh**!"
I was also amused at work once by a customer who greeted me by calling me "Officer", and refused to believe my denial.