I’ve been tossing around in my head an idea about a sort of entirely non-violent protest campaign that would nonetheless get the point across (in a way that presents no danger to anyone) that many people of color are absolutely bone-chillingly terrified of police. Something like this:
BLM or some other national organizations announces that, from now on, they recommend that in any non-life-and-death interaction with police (not in the heat of some mass shooting or anything like that), their members and supporters announce "I'm going spread eagle on the floor", and then (assuming it's physically possible -- obviously not possible inside a car) carefully spread their limbs and go to the ground, remaining in that position for the remainder of the encounter. So any time a police officer goes to ask a black person a question, they spread eagle on the ground and stay there until the officer is finished; any time someone is asked to leave their vehicle, they announce they are spreading eagle on the ground and (carefully) do so, remaining there until the police officer is finished; a cop knocks on a door, the resident announces what they're doing and spreads eagle on the floor; etc.
BLM marches, in this campaign, would consist of a march and then a mass-spread-eagle-on-the-ground; everyone remains there, spread eagled on the street (perhaps in some appropriate location like in front of a precinct building), for a decided upon period of time (probably a few hours would be the biological limit).
The point of this would not be to shame police, or obstruct them, but to bodily and publicly demonstrate the fear and terror folks have for their own selves as well as their communities — a fear of police violence. It would undoubtedly cause a lot of inconvenience to police officers doing their jobs — imagine if 30% of everyone a cop deals with on a daily basis spreads eagle on the floor as soon as they approach, and don’t get up until the cop is gone. And maybe it would cause shame, too — what decent police officer wants to be seen publicly (and likely filmed by bystanders) standing over a terrified person on the ground? But it wouldn’t harm any officers — and it wouldn’t break any laws. Maybe a silly idea, I don't know. But maybe it would get the point across without doing any harm to police officers, or anyone else. And maybe it would affect enough police officer’s and other people’s daily routine to motivate them to cooperate with changing the way police use force around the country.