Infection_Ag11 said:
Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
Infection_Ag11 said:
Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:
They can ask all day long. They can't require it unless you are detained because they have reasonable evidence to suspect you of having committed or about to commit a crime.
One, if you are driving this is not true. And because the vast majority of ID requests from non-criminals occurs during traffic stops, refusing to provide ID effectively amounts to legal justification for detention for most people most of the time.
Second, judges across the country and at the federal level have consistently upheld evidence found during supposedly illegal detentions/searches. If you refuse to show ID, many authorities/agents/officers will use that as justification in the moment then look for ANY reason to make it stick.
For them to talk to you, they have to pull you over. To pull you over, they have to suspect you of a crime/violation.
All they have to do is say they suspected you of such. There is virtually no burden of proof requirement for authorities in these instances. For example (annd a common scenario), an officer finding weed on you during a search who post-facto claims he suspected you of having weed will win every time.
Why was the suspect stopped? They didn't use their blinker, they didn't come to a complete stop, or a broken tail light. They can't just stop you because they suspect you of having weed.
They can't just randomly search you because they suspect you of a crime. They have to have reasonable suspicion, according to Terry v. Ohio. So just asking me for my ID or anyone else because they want to isn't enough.
If you say you hate the state of politics in this nation and you don't get involved in it, you obviously don't hate the state of politics in this nation.