Nobody said anyone had to look the other way. There's a right way and a wrong way to handle stuff, and I'm sorry, but charging at a cop screaming your fool head off demanding to be told something that really isn't any of your business and doesn't concern you is a way to get your weak-hearted ass knocked to the ground. Kudos to the cop.
Why didn't he just get a badge number, and call the police station, and speak to the officers supervisor? (Oh, wait. I know.. Willy will say that if the pastor had walked away, the cop would have raped whoever he had pulled over).
Yeah, calling the supervisor does usually work to your benefit. More senior officers generally know the scoop on private property. Of course, this guy may have done something on the highway. We just don't have that information and absent such, there is no reason for us to believe he did. With the facts given, the cops had no authority to write a ticket for failure to have financial responsibilty. It's not required in a private parking lot.
As to the rape, yes, had the preacher ignored a disruption on his property that later tirned out to be a crime, he could absolutley be found negligent. When shit happens on your property, you are responsible.