Many people do not do what we would consider the right thing at the appropriate time when in these sorts of situations.
It is either because they are extremist whackos, stupid, or not thinking clearly because they have never been on the wrong end of an encounter with the police. If you have been a law abiding citizen all your life and are suddenly being treated as suspect it tends to create a bit of an uproar.
I agree with your first paragraph. I also know that that specific law is BS. What may bother you, doesn’t bother me and vice versa.
I do not like police reports that have subjective garbage in them like “extremely verbal” and “very upset”. If I were his sergeant, his report would have been sent back with instructions to cite specific examples that show “very upset” and “extremely verbal.” Otherwise it is fluff, and a decent lawyer would eat him for lunch.
Simple philosophy. If it isn’t in the report it didn’t happen.
Points taken. Agreed and well-stated, thank you :-)