It is crystal clear that a motorist’s race — color of skin — is perceived by some officers as a red flag “threat” to an officer’s safety. That is where we have seen some of these traffic stops turn unnecessarily fatal.
Like FrankL, I have consistently posted that the lack of leadership, training and poor recruitment are the main factors.
From my vantage point — where I regularly watch body cam and car camera footage re traffic stops — I have seen some top rate policing. Have also seen traffic stops based clearly upon racial profiling, but for the most part, I see well trained and highly professional policing.