I think I saw a picture of the car with the rear lights on, but they have so many rear lights these days that I don’t know if a tail light was out or not.
Really doesn’t matter to me what kind of stop it was. The crux of the matter is what went down that caused the shooting.
The specific nature of the stop is a HUGE factor. Think about it. You stop a possible armed robber, you are primed to draw lightning quick to defend your own life. You stop an ordinary grandma, you’re code 4. Add on the robbery suspect reaching when ordered not to reach, you’re justified in blasting him.