The victim was changing a tire and did voluntarily provide his ID.
I’m not commenting on this case in itself. If he dropped the bag of what the officer thought to be fetanyl, he should have been held long enough to determine that it wasn’t and then be let go.
As far as I can tell, if the Alabama man was compliant, than his rights may have been violated and that needs to be dealt with. I hope he wins big if that is the case.
That's my understanding as well.
What she should have done was pull behind his truck at a safe distance, put on her lights, put out some traffic flairs and or traffic cones while he finished changing the tire, for his safety and safety of other motorists.
But that would fall under “Serve and Protect” and most police departments, while that phrase may be on their patrol cars, often do quite the opposite.