“There was a poor chap shot in the South the other day who had exited his car in a gas station when a police officer asked for his license. He turned and reached into his car to retrieve his license (in compliance) when the cop drew and shot him. It seems prudent to explain to the officer what your are going to do next in order to comply with his requests/orders.”
In 20/20 hindsight, he should have kept facing the officer, told him exactly where his ID was and awaited instructions. Being “right” is not going to save you from being plugged by an officer if you do something that could be reasonably taken as threatening.
There is absolutely no way the officer’s actions can be justified in that gas station case, none.
I would like the same criterion of "reasonably taken as threatening" to apply to police officers during a traffic stop as to citizens involved in self-defense shootings. If jerking one's torso is good enough for one, it should darn well be good enough for the other.
If the "officer's" fieldcraft was so sloppy, and his tactical savvy so incompetent as to encourage your insane adviso, then he has no right wearing a badge or gun.
Hair-trigger cowboys like this damnable swine deserve whatever they get, and excuse-making enablers like you are even worse.
IMHO.