those 3 steps are a technique for an encounter with a BIG wave
when headed out away from shore big waves can flip and roll you
you are trying to visualize fields in cartesian terms as you've been taught…when you should be using quaternion like Maxwell
the rigid linear cartesian system does not work well with the real world twists and torques
and the magnetic field is full of twists and torques
a magnetic field does not exert influence / force equally in all directions
a magnetic field's interactions induce linear forces as well as torque forces
notice
"polices" not the correct per grammar and sentence "policies…
their application of force their policing
the actions they have undertaken to enforce their policies