It seems to me there are all kinds of ways to make these encounters much safer. Maybe I am missing something, but why can't the police, at a distance, ask the d

It seems to me there are all kinds of ways to make these encounters much safer. Maybe I am missing something, but why can't the police, at a distance, ask the driver to come out of the car with his hands in the air? To me the crux of the matters with these confrontations, which few seem to recognize, is that it is all about power and the perception of power relations between the police supposed "criminals" elements, such that these quake in fear whenever they interact with police. The police imagine "criminals (especially of the minority type) taunting them and mocking them, and cannot stand the thought; the larger society must see police to be more powerful than criminals. So their idea of effective law enforcement is of an overwhelming force that subdues all opposition, ostensibly for the larger good of society. Whether this perspective is good or bad is up for debate, but I it explains a lot of what has been happening.