Was his conduct against the law in the state of California, or did the officer interpret the law incorrectly. A police officer’s job is simply to apply law to facts. It is the job of the subsequent prosecutor (of which I was one in Atlanta for 5 years) to interpret the law.
Then I've had some bad luck with law enforcement officers. Many professional - a few are outright iceholes. Born iceholes, raised as iceholes, and aspire to be even greater iceholes.
I barely chirped my tires in my NHRA G Gasser '56 Chevy as a light turned green, got pulled, and had I believe 11 different charges - including disturbing the peace (the little chirp), and "improper takeoff." Which wasn't even a law.
There's a small percentage that have no business with a badge.
Probably prosecutors as well. Oh yeah - I had one of those too - Mistrial first go around since the prosecutor screwed up in court - and then the big Prosecutor came in - and when the lawman under oath told a completely different story - he was also under oath - still on record from the first trial - it became clear he was just outright lying - both times.
Dismissed.
All I did was when started chewing my asc out for speeding, I told him if he was going to write a ticket - get to writing - and cut the sermon.
He got mad, told me it as a $75 fine - depending on what HE said, and I replied (to the dollar amount) "$75? That's chickensh*tt." I was then cuffed and taken to jail. I think he said, "I'll show you chickensh*tt!" And he DID!
Charged me with disturbing the peace.
Within 30 days of dismissal - while that deputy was at work, a moving van pulled up in his yard and emptied his house of everything - all furniture - everything.
I sure hated that happened to him . . .