I guess the shirt that had the word “police” on it, the blue lights on the unmarked car, and the black handgun screamed police impersonation! The cop may have overreacted, but this idiot driver is at fault, too
Yes, actually there have been many police impersonators that fit that exact description. Do a YouTube search and you can spend the rest of the day watching them. Another thing that impersonators do is refuse to show official ID.
In 1994 I had a friend raped and murdered by a man with a fake badge, a fake police light bar on his car and unfortunately, a real gun.
https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-man-convicted-of-impersonating-police-conducting-illegal-stops-sentenced-to-life-in-prison
https://kfor.com/news/local/cop-impersonator-rape-case-finds-suspect-after-20-years/
https://www.foxla.com/news/authorities-seek-additional-victims-in-culver-city-rape-case-alleged-long-beach-cop-impersonator
https://abc13.com/tag/police-impersonator/
yeah... back the blue.... clown