He indeed was the victim of an assault, which IMHO is not mutually exclusive with his behavior being idiotic. There is a good argument to be made for this bein

He indeed was the victim of an assault, which IMHO is not mutually exclusive with his behavior being idiotic. There is a good argument to be made for this being civil disobedience in that he was refusing the orders of law enforcement officials, but in this particular case the evidence later showed that (roughly) A) the officers ordering him out of the car had no legal authority to do so and B) the officers who did have the legal authority to do so didn't actually order him out before breaking in, tasing, etc. At his later trial he was found not guilty of all the charges against him based on this - I don't know if civil disobedience was even brought up but I doubt it.