Do you think this was racist?

As I have mentioned, I dated a black guy for several years,in the 90’s, after my divorce and before I met Rick.
One Saturday “Jerry” and I went to a club. I probably had a little too much to drink. He never seemed to be drunk. We rarely fought or argued, but I got pissed off about something, and stormed out at around closing time, 2 a.m. I had a bit of a head start so he had to chase after me as I was storming along.
Suddenly we were surrounded by cops! It startled me, and scared the hell out of me. Eyes wide I edges behind Jerry and watched them from over his shoulder.
They wanted to know if everything was OK, and I did I need any help.
I said I was fine, and didn’t need help.
Then one said, “Well, all we saw was a black guy chasing a white woman. You can imagine how that looked to us.”
I didn’t respond but I wanted to say, “So, you wouldn’t have come to my rescue if it had been a white guy chasing me?”
Back at the car, I said something along those lines to Jerry and apologized for them. I really felt bad.
He said, “You notice they were all white?” I hadn’t, actually. :/

If it wasn’t racist, why did they even mention color?

I know. I know. I need psychotherapy because I remember this incident and I can’t seem to let it go!