Sorry, but she did no such thing. All she did was refuse to sign the ticket--note the section where she wasn't REFUSING the ticke---just refusing to sign it. All the rest was on the cops heads--showing HUGE bad judement by both the officer and his supervisor. I hope she sues the hell out of them and that she gets a huge settlement.
I tend to agree with you to some degree, but I still put this on her head.
She did two things wrong: She refused to sign. She resisted arrest. This sort of thing reaches critical mass pretty quickly. The cops are like the Rain Man in the airport. Do what he says and everything is fine. Don't do it, and watch how fast things escalate.
The bulk of the responsibility is on her.