Say a cop stops you in the street for jaywalking. How long can he or she keep you there? Is the order to "Don't go anywhere" still lawful after an hour? What about five hours? How about 24 hours?
There is a limit, beyond which the order to "stay put" is no longer a lawful order. Also, if a police officer is detaining you, he or she is legally obligated to inform you that he or she is detaining you in response to a direct query.
Our perp in this case may not be a hero, but the cop is no hero either.
You’re focusing on the wrong point....
The issue us not why he was stopped (although it was totally legit) but what he did afterwards.
Giving the Ranger a false name elevated the issue from a minor civil matter to any number of more serious charges.
Attempting to leave when told not to just aggravated the situation. I don’t know if use of the Tazer was warranted but if he refused an order to stop three times as reported could be the Ranger felt she had no other option.