I wouldn’t say those charges are automatically false - I know of this group of idiots and the guy’s bike was probably a rolling exhibit of probable cause. I want to see the dash camera from that cop car to see what the bike looked like.
This officer screwed up and stomped on the biker’s civil liberties to start, I won’t argue that one. But he could have done the same thing, legally, by just changing the order of operations - he should have arrested the guy for the equipment violations then searched the rest including the contents of the camera as incident to taking into custody and impoundment.
By the way, here’s the dashcam from another unit involved in the incident though not the actual arrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_bFKtx42AM&feature=player_embedded#!