11-07-2015, 03:19 PM
(11-07-2015, 02:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You always establish someone's identity when you contact them in an official capacity.
But you have no right to demand ID unless you have cause to believe they are involved in criminal behavior.
For example I have had police pull up when my car had a flat tire and they did not demand ID from me. Police come in contact with people for lots of other reasons other than investigating criminal behavior, and they do not always demand ID.
Would a black person in a shabby old car that had a flat tire in an exclusive, mostly white neighborhood be requested to provide ID? I am saying "Yes". But a white guy in a nice car would probably not. Same reason that the only person I have ever known who got pulled over for not using his turn signal when changing lanes was a long-hired guy who was driving and old VW microbus.
Is that what happened to a black lady in a hoodie in a white neighborhood? Maybe. I don't know for sure, but I can understand why she might have had that opinion.
