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An adult isn't required to carry/produce an ID unless they are operating a vehicle. Will that still be the case in five or ten years?

• ck2 14y ago
  Yes you are. If you are not carrying ID, they will detain you until your identification can be confirmed - if that means taking you to jail for a 24 hour hold, they have no problem being paid overtime to sit and do that paperwork. All they have to do is pretend to terry-stop you for any reason and demand ID then. No judge will ever sanction them.
  • mistercow 14y ago
    >No judge will ever sanction them. Courts have been plenty willing to overturn arrests in such circumstances. Moreover, while the cops are largely able to get away with that kind of behavior, it is still illegal for them to do so. Also, I wasn't able to find any evidence of cops being able to detain you in jail for hours on a Terry stop. Can you give a reference?
  • vacri 14y ago
    I thought that you only had to identify yourself under suspicion of doing something unlawful, and couldn't be held simply for not handing over an ID.
  • jlgreco 14y ago
    Some states require you to identify yourself upon request. This does not, in any state I am aware of, require the use if ID. All that is required in those states is that you tell them your name.