Was reading your post to the wife and, while reading, was explaining how the officer apparently did not "see" the conditions upon which you entered the intersection - only that he noticed you were still in the intersection once the light turned red. That would suggest he wasn't paying attention at first. Now, with that said, you also stated how he had to pull over a car who passed you WHILE IN the intersection - a definite no-no!! So here's my thought:
For you to have made it through that large intersection before the light turned red, you would have had to be FIRST IN LINE when the light turned to green. Does that sound about right?
Now, if you entered the intersection while the light was still green, and a car STILL passed you, imagine how much worse things might have been if you had instead come to a stop while the light was still green? How many other people would have been honking their horns and zipping around you?
So you did the only thing you could. If this officer cannot understand the dynamics involved in heavy hauling, AND if he did not see the event in its entirety, then how the heck can he go after you for running a red light?
In every state I've lived in, as long as you get into the intersection before the light turns, it is legal for you to remain in the intersection to make a left turn until oncoming traffic has come to a stop. So what's the difference here? You were still in the intersection before the light turned. Seems to me that gave you right of way.
Hopefully the cop will realize all this on his own and simply not show up. Then you win by default, and it's no skin off his back.
(Hope you can understand my thinking. Is sometimes virtually impossible for me to convert my thoughts into words!) :x
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