11-06-2015, 10:40 AM
(11-06-2015, 10:14 AM)GMDino Wrote: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20151028-dorothy-bland-i-was-caught-walking-while-black.ece#commentsDiv
She clearly over-reacted. I just think the idea of having to produce ID for it is silly. Tell them to get on the sidewalk and move along.
Every single person that I've ever been around or have heard of or have seen anywhere that had a police officer confront them, identification was almost always the very first thing asked for, and I've never seen an instance where they didn't ask for ID at all no matter what the incident happened to be.
I don't understand what the big deal is here. Yes, they could have just told her to get on the sidewalk and that's that, but seriously, what's so wrong with asking for ID? It's very typical for police officers to ask for that, it's not like they asked for anything out of the ordinary.
