As a well known "cop-hater" around here you are plain wrong. She just had to sign the ticket. She then resisted a lawful arrest because she refused to sign the ticket. She got shocked into submission during the course of the lawful arrest.
There are a lot of police abuses that I scream bloody murder over. This is not one.
You're a cop-hater?
Just tagging on here cause it seemed a good place but I was watching a documentary on Ruby Ridge last night and they showed Randy Weaver's arrest record and in the signature slot it clearly said "Refused to sign".
Perhaps local laws are different but it struck me that that's all that would have been required.