Traffic stops under heightened scrutiny following incidents in other states Traffic stops under heightened scrutiny following incidents in other states By Courtney Ann Jackson | April 12, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 12:11 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Minnesota case of a man shot and killed by police comes just days after video was released of an Army Lieutenant in Virginia being stopped by police and pepper sprayed, and it adds fuel to the fire of increased scrutiny on traffic stops. “The police should always be trusted but when we have these incidents, you know, the trust is eroded,” explained Master Sergeant Kervin Stewart. “And it just doesn’t help what we do because, I mean, if you can’t call the police who you can call?”