one thing that confuses me is that in the first part of the article it says he was taken into custody for a traffic violation, yet later on, it says it was for fleeing police.

It would be interesting to find out, if he was brought in for fleeing from her, what precipitated him trying to escape her clutches.

Given her behavior on camera, I would be inclined to believe he was justified in trying to get as far away from her as possible, if I were on the jury for his trial.