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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No, I said if someone were to refuse to show their I.D. to an officer it leads me to believe that person probably has something to hide. As of yet nobody who thinks that view is wrong has given me one good reason to contradict that opinion. Given that I already said the officer should not be asking without giving a reason first what don't you understand. Here, let me give you a scenario. Officer approaches you and says they are looking for Joe Blow who's description makes the officer believe that might be you. He asks if he can see your I.D. You don't have to show him I.D. but tell me why you wouldn't?
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That scenario isn't really applicable in this discussion.
The officer had no just cause to ask for her ID, outside of some lovely racial profiling. In the US, people are regularly stopped, frisked, asked for ID without any explanation or cause. It's all about intimidation. Someone shouldn't have to show an officer their ID because of a simple, chaste public display of affection between herself and her husband.
You can give me scenarios about missing people, etc, all day, but they don't matter in this discussion, because that is not the context in which the woman refused to give her ID, and the request of ID for intimidation purposes is a regular occurrence in the US.