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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX
It depends on which state, of course California has fought it, but in Nevada it is grounds for arrest.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/418803_videoside.html
"in 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Nevada law that says cops can bust you for withholding an ID, if they have reasonable suspicion you were involved in a crime."
It falls under "stop and identify" laws. |
That's the thing - people are up in arms about the racial-profiling aspect of this, forgetting that throughout time, cops have, are, and always will pull over or stop anyone they feel like for any reason they believe they can reasonable conjure up and get away with. If you do stuff like be a PITA, don't give ID, etc., they'll then conjure up a reason to arrest you if they feel like. If you were driving, then "dude's breath smelled funny" = reasonable suspicion you were involved in a crime.
I'm quite sure Hispanics have been profiled against in AZ and SoCal for a long time before any talk of a measure like this ever came about. It's not GOOD, but just saying that this isn't exactly going to introduce all that much new into what's already been going on. But to think that cops don't already needlessly fuck with at least some people of ALL races already whenever they feel like it is being in fantasy land. IIRC, wasn't it in AZ recently where that one white guy got his window shattered and him beat the fuck up by a bunch of cops at a checkpoint because he was basically being a pain in the ass?