No it isnt irrelevant...
There was no lawful reason to ask her to put out a cigarette....therefore there was no lawful reason to order her out of the car after refusing to do so......
A badge is not a license to play simon says.
The stop for all intensive purposes was over at that point except for him him handing her the ticket.....he ran her license....wrote the ticket and was ready to end the stop........the law doesnt even require that she sign it IIRC.
She got lippy about the cigarette and he didnt like it so it’s pretty clear he was gonna teach her a lesson....well he isnt a teacher...he’s a cop....and bet he at least loses his job over it.
In fact I bet a $20 donation to FR on it.
And yes I’m sure she hung herself.
I also wouldnt have handled that stop that way from either party...if I was getting the ticket I’d say “thank you officer”...and if I was writing the ticket I would have dropped it in her lap at that point and said “have a nice day mam’” and went back to my cruser.
A lit cigarette can be used as a weapon.
You can jam a lit cigarette into a person’s eye.
You can flick a lit cigarette into a person’s eye.
You can press a lit cigarette into any area of exposed skin and cause injury.
Do you think it’s possible that the officer perceived a threat from a person admittedly angry with him and holding a lit cigarette?