I can usually understand the police’s point of view…
BUT in your case this is pretty harsh and the officer was a major asshole, he didn’t even hit you with a HTA charge this is a facking CRIMINAL charge he gave you. Something that can effect your life for MANY years. You can have trouble gettings jobs, travelling and everything.
Even if it went down exactly like you described and the officer was trying to make an example out of you… A criminal charge is pretty fucking harsh and hes a major jackass for doing that.