If systemic racism is involved, it's not at the top of the list of current problems and more a root problem behind a lot of old malum prohibitum laws police now enforce indiscriminately.
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If systemic racism is involved, it's not at the top of the list of current problems and more a root problem behind a lot of old malum prohibitum laws police now enforce indiscriminately.
I think that's part of the problem though, that police are not enforcing these laws indiscriminately. If a study finds that from 100 million traffic stops that black drivers are 20% more likely to be pulled over and their vehicles 1.5 to 2 times more likely to be searched than white drivers (despite statistically being less likely to be transporting contraband) then I'd guess that its more likely than not that police in the US have a racial bias.
But I understand what you're saying... in this example above you're saying that the police shouldn't be pulling over anyone, and that's the larger problem to solve.