What you say is true. And there is something to be said for civil disobedience when it is called for.
However, I did not think it was called for in this case, and I thought the driver was simply being a jerk.
I believe in treating people with courtesy and respect by default, unless they have demonstrated in some way they are not going to reciprocate, as this person clearly did.
Also, I believe that when you are carrying a weapon, you have a higher responsibility to avoid escalating situations, even if it means you have to go against your natural inclinations in a given situation to do so.
I am not pro or anti-police. I believe that most of them are trying to do their job the best that they can, and on each end of the curve, there are people who shouldn’t be in law enforcement. In this case, I thought the officer was being courteous.
And I say this as someone who swore at a Connecticut State Trooper and threatened to lay down in front of my car to prevent it from being towed. (I think I was fully justified in my behavior and anger, and it was quite different than the one in the video. And I wasn’t carrying a weapon.)
I agree with everything you said.
BUT, our society pecks, nudges, pokes, prods, crosses boundaries in the name of THE LAW. Then we act surprised when people snap.