So take your ticket and fight it in court. Not fight the police.
And, despite being in a very liberal part of the country, we've never been asked to enforce covid rules. If we had, I imagine most guys would handle it like your first example
I completely understand. And, I'll give you an example from experience, with the circumstances changed to fit the story: "Ma'am, you need to wear a mask, conference and school policy" "No" "Well, then I'm gonna have to ask you to leave" "No" "I need your ID, I'm gonna file trespass charges on you, and you can fight this in the courts, seemingly the outcome you want" "No" I can shrug my shoulders better than anybody, but is that what I do here? "Tazed for not wearing a mask...shot for sleeping in a car in a drive thru...arrested and beat for jay walking..." That's where these headlines come from
What did the cops do other than stop violence?