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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
And there's the agenda.
But I do agree, just because you aren't producing ID doesn't mean you are hiding something. I guess what he is saying is that in HIS experience, the vast majority that do that are hiding something. So you would have to understand how police have that attitude. I guess it's the old, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, etc, etc.
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You do realize I'm the guy always getting in arguments for
defending the police right? Take a look at the Ferguson thread, I have 0 issues with police nor do I have an agenda. I do realize there are amazing and terrible officers however. I will take issues with an officer who believes a person who simply exercises their right has something to hide, it spits in the innocent until proven guilty code I so love. I don't know why a person may refuse with police officers requests (not demands), it may be bad experience, it may be because they don't like being mistaken for a prostitute, it may be because they are an #######. There could be a thousand reasons to exercise their right, they do have that right though. It does not make them a criminal nor does it mean that an officer should believe they are. But of course, according to dissentowner, exercising your rights somehow means you want other people to die and have something to hide. Fear mongering on a local scale.
Again when does "nothing to hide" argument end. Would you be okay with them going through your car for no other reason but they asked? House? Internet history? Personal photos? His argument stems from "nothing to hide" but at what point should a person just be allowed privacy and going about their day unharassed? Some people may very well argue that they should be able to go about their day without answering to officers if they have done no wrong, and they would have a point. And don't overlook this argument stems from a report of a black woman being mistaken for a prostitute because she dared kissed a white man in public and refused to give ID. What did she have to hide?