Here are some of the phrases used from which that conclusion was drawn:
"eventually provided the requested information,"
"cited based on her initial resistance."
"In response to her repeated questions,"
finally complied, but was cited for allegedly interfering with or obstructing an officer by giving false information and by refusing to give information."
Remember this article was written to make her appear sympathetic and gives no other side to the story. You are basing ALL of your assumptions based on her perspective. I am willing to assume the cop is innocent, you have assumed the opposite.
Let's PLEASE stop torturing logic as well as the facts here, shall we?? He was a cowboy, pure and simple. - Again you are assuming the worst possible behavior on his part based on facts not in evidence.
Have you never in your life run across some hotdog, pushy, "there's God then there's ME" sort of cop? I sure have....
It all depends on how you handle it. if you give them attitude, it escalates.
......and the real kicker........he arrested her "because he got ticked off at her reaction". Whew...........Michael, please show me that law on any of the books
Your dealing with your idealized idea of what the law should be, I am dealing with reality. Where I grew up and first started driving we regularly cruised certain areas, sometimes in our town, often in others. We soon learned a few things:
In some towns, you don't F with the cops.
When pulled over if you treated them with respect, you had a 50-50 chance of getting a warning.
If you gave them attitude, you had a 100% chance of getting a ticket and a 50-50 chance of worse treatment.
All that may not fit in the law books, but all of that is reality. You never get respect, by not giving any.
I've never, ever dealt with cops with anything less than due respect. I don't kowtow or kiss their ass(s), but neither do I give them grief; I treat them as human beings.
For some........that just isn't good enough.
I suspect you have lived a rather sheltered life. I also suspect that, well intentioned that you are, that you would readily abrogate your Constitutional rights to avoid confrontation.
I find that supremely sad. What is sadder still is the percentage of this country that feels as you do, hence the continued erosion of our liberties. The more you give in, the less your true rights mean.