Your points are exactly what I was thinking, especially number 3 (3. He began to walk away from the cop (who couldn’t see one of his hands for a period of time). Combined with the guy’s irrational behavior, the officer had justification to use force to apprehend him.)
Another thing to remember is that a cop is under no obligation to argue with you about a citation. That’s what courts are for. I really like when the guy started telling the cop to “read me my rights”, like that means anything. For anybody who doesn’t know, Miranda rights only come into play when questions asked by cop are submitted for evidence in court. This cop really had no reason to ask the guy any questions that would be considered self incriminating and therefore no reason to be obligated to read him the Miranda speech.
Another thing to remember is that a cop is under no “I really like when the guy started telling the cop to “read me my rights”, like that means anything. “
This is just another example of why the motorist was tazed. The motorist was the one in control and taking command of the situation throughout.
The cop expressed his frustation to his fellow cop about the motorist being “in charge”.