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Not yet, but wasn't there recently a big national ID program enacted and then repealed? Eventually people will be too weary to push back. In the US, it's very
by mc808 11y ago
Not yet, but wasn't there recently a big national ID program enacted and then repealed? Eventually people will be too weary to push back.
In the US, it's very common for police to "request" identification in routine encounters with pedestrians and fly off the handle if they don't get what they want. People say it's a post-9/11 world, but this happened to me many times in the '90s.
- Natsu 11y agoAs I understand it, you cannot refuse to identify yourself, but you don't have to produce ID if you don't have it on you.
- lmm 11y ago> Not yet, but wasn't there recently a big national ID program enacted and then repealed? Eventually people will be too weary to push back. The then-government announced a proposal. They were opposed by the other main parties, and voted out at the next election. Prediction is hard, but I don't see it happening.
- rjsw 11y agoIt was more than a proposal, the cards were available and some people received them. All this was before immigration became such a hot topic, I could see mandatory ID being proposed again in the UK.