[dillywho]

For what it's worth, I think the protests are more about publicity than true concern for anyone, of any color. Let the media stop focusing on them and see how soon it all comes to a screeching halt. Remember when people were continually jumping the fence and disrupting baseball games on pretty much a daily basis? They quit showing or evening mentioning them and it stopped.

As for putting your hands on the steering wheel, that is absolutely what anyone is supposed to do when stopped. You then WAIT for instruction from the officer(s). This lets them know that you do not plan to be a threat to them. That is one of the first things you are taught when you take the classes in order to obtain a Concealed Weapon Permit. Not only do you have to show your DL but also your Permit (if you have a weapon with you).