"Not a bit. He was cordially defiant in his resistance to a lawful action of the police."
Allow me: "Not a bit. He was cordially lawfully defiant in his Constitutionally protected resistance to a lawful action of an optionally answerable question asked by the police."
The issue I think is did the police follow procedure? If they did the procedure should be changed, because it is unlawful under our Constitution, as interpreted. If not, they should be punished. I think the tendency to give slack to those with the power of the gun is somewhat over indulged. Police are to perform a public service, not to act out their fantasies as unleashed macho bullies. JMO.
In my zip code, the police are incredibly polite, at least to this aging Anglo. But then the zip code is upper middle class Anglo, with a very low crime rate. Driving while black is not a "crime," because blacks are very thin on the ground.