This is a clear cut case were the officer was wrong.
I understand that nobody's perfect, but this is a bizarre way of making a mistake. Shouldn't every officer be mindful of pulling someone over in a safe area?
Not when they just really want to get a chance to try pit maneuver. I knew some kids in high school. Always talking about "getting to shoot someone". 2 became cops, 1 joined the army. They all "got" to shoot people. My brother was a state trooper, he quit because of the consistent eagerness of other officers to escalate to maximum permissible violence.
If you ask him, ACAB. He says the ones that aren’t, quit.
If you ask him, ACAB. He says the ones that aren’t, quit.