had a strong hunch that you would be aware of some group of citizens interested in initiating a race war
curious about your own experiences as a cop during that 60-70s era relative to interactions with persons of color, both as members of the public and as LEO coworkers
and how are we referring to latinos - such as the shooter - today; are they white/hispanic or minority/hispanic?
have not seen anything that tells us when those persons are in one or the other category
the passenger's calm demeanor when others around her are being shot or doing the shooting seems very tiny basis in which to allege a conspiracy which would include shooting someone with a tot in the back seat
Prior to the Communist agitators that infiltrated our college campuses in the early 60s, law enforcement had little problem in the Black Community where I worked in the SF Bay Area. There is always an element that don't like/don't trust the police, and vice versa....but it was small and rather isolated, depending on what city a LEO worked in. We all got along pretty good, and mutual respect went both ways. It was a good time in America.
But, once those agitators got people riled up, the Black Community took on a whole different dimension and were all fired up for perceived wrong doing. That spilled over into racial tensions on both sides and racism on both sides escalated. It went downhill from there. The riots of '68 were real bad and tensions were very high.
Most departments stopped using one man patrols and went to two officers with riot helmets on while driving or walking. In '68, that was increased to 4 officers in each unit with helmets, long batons, flack jackets and .............with many gas canisters, full auto Thompsons, and lot of extra ammo in the trunks. The average citizen seeing that level of equipment, made them even more fearful.
People were on edge, everywhere surrounding Oakland, Berkeley, SF and LA.
The first time that I was shot at as a LEO, was in Berkeley, Ca. from a rooftop. I ducked for cover behind a tree and my partner was able to draw a bead on the perp and nail him, while the guy was trying to hit me with several shots from a.22 rifle.
As for working relationship with Black officers. My department only had one at the time and he was great guy and very critical of the Black agitators. Working mutual aid with other departments, I saw some tension with the Black officers, but they still did their jobs and were professional and by the book.
Oakland at times in the 60s, was total chaos, same for SF. When I went to LA to assist, during the Rodney King riots, the situation was far worse and many police were outgunned. Thanks to the well armed Korean communities and other armed civilians, the police got lots of civilian help and it was well appreciated, but not widely reported, by the anti-gun MSM.