nah, he was antagonizing the couple:
Here is how escalation works:
This bum ass cop skipped all the way to step three.
- Ask them to go home. Its a fukking park. He wasn't giving them a pass. A "pass" is not asking them to leave and him just leaving. He didn't even do that.
- Threaten with citation IF they don't go home AND INFORM THEM THAT SIGNING CITATION IS NOT ADMISSION OF GUILT
- Then arrest if no further compliance.
as far as i know, he does not have to ask them to go home. and he does not have to threaten a citation before issuing one.
he gave them a choice, and she chose to get arrested.
whether you or i think it was worth a citation/arrest, or think there was an ulterior motive, doesn't really matter. he made it crystal clear she wasn't about to win that argument. at that point, if you don't want to get arrested, take the fine and keep it pushing.

Man fukk her... she only got irate because the cop was a black male.
