It shouldn’t be difficult at all to pick sides. The officers were simply doing their jobs, and the has been no hint of a shred of evidence that these two LEOs were anything but calm, competent, and professional.
They can be calm and professional while engaged in State sponsored extortion.
Why do fines fund the courthouses, the judges, the electric bill and new curtains for the D.A.? Because public safety is a racket we all accept.