first of all, thanks for pointing that out. Zero may be inaccurate but

the show itself treats that particular premise (which isn't even that) as a plot element, not *THE MESSAGE*. The "racial strife" in it is just there as backdrop not because they don't give a damn about it, but because the show doesn't bash your head in with it and it's just one cog in the political machinery, used and abused for personal gain. You get asshole black cops, easily bought activists, nefarious white politicians, good ones, bad ones, grey ones, it balances all this stuff so well. And that season may very well be the best, because the mystery is almost Christiesque in its complexity. Bosch himself is of course an extraordinarily smart detective but he got some bad flaws as well. Give it a try