They have a remarkable ability to turn a minor citation into a capital offense.
Yup. They are taught to escalate immediately and almost all traffic "enforcement" is simply a cash extraction operation. It's worse now with Fedzilla incentivizing DUI arrests with cash payments to states and municipalities. Innumerable cases now surfacing of DUI arrests with zero BAC and zippo on blood tests. Each one costing the defendant thousands in legal fees, if they contest, or thousands in fines if you don't. Ch Ching Cha Ching.
Low intelligence combined with a high propensity for panic, hysteria and violence.
one imagines that if they refuse to get out of the car, the police will just let them go on their way, with no further repercussions ?