Don't shoot, I'm disabled
Lifelong US citizen here.<p>To people from outside the US, please understand that our police do not go around shooting and handcuffing people all the time.  I have never personally known anyone that was wrongfully arrested or abused by the police.<p>Even in a traffic stop, the key is to be polite and treat the police like human beings.  They are understandably concered with each public contact-- American police are killed in the line of duty, sometimes with no warning.<p>The problem is a political one, and it must be stopped.  It' a wedge issue used to divide the voting public, and media sources play to both sides.<p>If you travel to the US, please do not fear violence from the police.  They really are here to 'Protect and Serve'.