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Since it's easy to be unclear of your legal rights and protections, can you ask officer if you're legally obligated to comply with their request, and if they're
by marricks 10y ago
Since it's easy to be unclear of your legal rights and protections, can you ask officer if you're legally obligated to comply with their request, and if they're recorded lying can the agency be held accountable?
That might be another way to try and have a legal push back, as most people, probably myself too, might not feel up to trying to stand their ground on their rights impromptu with no time to become aware of whatever specific rights will challenged ahead of time.
- hyperpape 10y agoMy non-lawyerly understanding is that in theory, officers of the law have substantial protection as long as they can claim they were not willfully violating your rights. On top of that, in practice they have even more protections (http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4221000 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4221000)
- morgante 10y agoYou might be able to try, but that's a much flimsier case than them taking punitive actions against you for refusing to show ID.
- eli 10y agoRecording security operations at the airport may itself be illegal, depending on the state and local laws.