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(11,797 posts)70. Why should we have to?
I'm a 37 year old woman. Why on earth should I have to carry around my ID all the damn time? I'm about to go for a bike ride on the trail. Should I have my ID with me? I'm riding with a bunch of middle age women.
FFS.
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saw this on local news, they said some "citizen" called the police to complain about it
JI7
Sep 2014
#1
I seriously doubt anyone called. That's just cop CYA. Probably the cops just saw them,
tblue37
Sep 2014
#222
Comments pages on the internet also allow many folks to say things they'd never
malaise
Sep 2014
#136
We're hearing it more. There was a time when these two would've been beaten, at best!
arcane1
Sep 2014
#202
These showings of resistance are necessary so the police are forced to use
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2014
#162
That was the "Daryl Gates" era. Chokeholds, Eleanor Bumpers. It all kind of led to the 93 riots,
zonkers
Sep 2014
#314
But, arent we required, by law, to provide ID to the police if we are asked?
TheDebbieDee
Sep 2014
#10
I'll ask YOU again...Where is the box to check if you are a prosititue or not?
Behind the Aegis
Sep 2014
#31
Are you ACTUALLY SAYING that anyone can AND OUGHT to be stopped so a cop can check "for priors"?!
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#123
so, if she had no priors, she is innocent, if she did- automatically guilty? Is that how the system
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#292
She was handcufed in public! That is offensive, even if no charges were filed--
tblue37
Sep 2014
#224
That's an interesting definition of ADULT: it's adult to conform, to defer to authority.
enough
Sep 2014
#112
Anti-democratic (small "d"), anti-freedom, anti-Civil Rights stance. Let cops run rough-
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#125
No---It is the acceding-to-Fascism thing to do. California cops cannot demand ID by LAW.
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#121
No. A black person may get stopped and hassled several times a day despite not
tblue37
Sep 2014
#223
Wow!!! Some rational thinking here. Amazing. I'm betting you get beat up for this
adigal
Sep 2014
#293
LOL... ok... you're late for work.. cop stops you and ask you for ID so he can take 2 seconds
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#42
Doesn't take to much reasoning to see where people talk from a point of bad perspective
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#45
Not to mention that for a black person, any interaction with the police has the
tblue37
Sep 2014
#227
Here is a question for you. If she had been whit and kissing, would she have been "summoned"
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#47
It is wrongly, and we only live in that world because too many people go along
tblue37
Sep 2014
#228
I was going to let it go, but as an English teacher I just have to say, "defuse."
tblue37
Sep 2014
#229
Typing with arthritic hands on a mobile keyboard. Yes, I accidentally got a "c" in there where
tblue37
Sep 2014
#324
It gives implicit consent to the continued abuse of power for its own sake.
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#330
As police officers, they should have known it was their duty to back off at that point
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2014
#251
You said - "I'm showing my ID abd walking the f away. Feel free to make your own choice"
Caretha
Sep 2014
#157
They can because they do? That's some circular reasoning you've got going on there.
suffragette
Sep 2014
#186
It is her LEGAL RIGHT to refuse to show it. Did YOU read the whole thing? It wasn't a traffic stop.
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#127
Well, let's see, I'm not aware that the cops, or the actress are posting...
PoutrageFatigue
Sep 2014
#152
Once, as a brash young man, I said the flowery equivalent of "fuck you" but that didn't end well.
hunter
Sep 2014
#274
Dear badge bunnies, badge backers, bootlickers, cop-cultists and so-called "cops"
951-Riverside
Sep 2014
#191
Just to clarify, by "so-called cops" I'm talking about the violent psychopaths who joined the force
951-Riverside
Sep 2014
#264
1st their bosses heard about the incident was when posted online. cops Didnt even file a report
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#212
CA can't require ID! Disturbing acknowledgment from a CA cop (see first reply):
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#118
That answer was rather chilling to read...and the "Great Answer!" response...
ScreamingMeemie
Sep 2014
#188
Good for her! The people who cave and comply just embolden the cops to do more of this crap.
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2014
#158
Well, Los Angeles being the Deep South and all, are we really that surprised? nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Sep 2014
#184
it has happened before. i recall that the interacial couple had to show their matching wedding
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#208
before they realized she was a celebrity, they threatened her with ambulance and drugging
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#210
2nd most read story on dailymail today. comments are overwhelmingly anti police state
Liberal_in_LA
Sep 2014
#214
Sure, had her story (which may be bullshit) been true you'd be wrong. If the
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2014
#268
Meh.... It's been explained to you throughout the thread why you would've been wrong. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2014
#270
Even self-perceived self-validation is better than no self-validation at all...
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#331
In this day and age and in Studio city, no less! (really an adjunct of Hollywood). No decent cop
zonkers
Sep 2014
#262
Eyewitness accounts, particularly where parts are independently corroborated,
closeupready
Sep 2014
#296
Wow. What a disgusting move to avoid admitting your rush to judgement made you look like a fool.
joeglow3
Sep 2014
#327
Most likely police are not that interested in pursuing this type of alleged crime.
LisaL
Sep 2014
#329
You are right, the cop was wrong, instead of saying "bringing up the race card"
snooper2
Sep 2014
#299
Is YOUR state on the "Stop and Identify" list? Thank God mine is not (nor is CA):
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#307