
Quoting
flyingron
There's a very basic rule of law here that your mother taught you (or should have) a long time ago: Two wrongs don't make a right.
Yes, the officer may have been wrong for following too close. That doesn't give you the right to try to instigate a collision by brake checking. The answer to tailgaters of any sort is almost always just to slow (smoothly) down. It gives them the maximum chance to pass you and if not increases the reaction time and decreases the severity of a possible collision.