I posted about this extensively on the threads here on FR when that incident occurred ... that Dylan wasn't your typical 'rock star celebrity' type, and that the incident was really nothing .. really ... that it was just being blown up because of his name recognition (or lack of it, by the young Joiysey Police).
Several FReepers automatically knee-jerked the story as some offensive jack-boot political thing, which it was not. Some others knee-jerked the story as the 'celebrity got what he deserved' ... again, which it was not.
Dylan was just walking thru a neighborhood as is his right , disheveled perhaps, and got asked by police to show ID .. he didn't have any and explained who he was and where he was staying .. they went back to the hotel and all was settled. No harm, no foul ... no screaming, no raving lawsuits, no big deal.
The only reason it made news is that he just happened to be Bob Dylan, that's all .......
It’s not hard for me to believe that this could happen...I mean that a celebrity such as Dylan could have been unrecognized and questioned!
No matter how well known a ‘star’ is there are still those who might not know them- or even their name! :) This young cop, obviously, was not into the world of music- or at least not-ancient music! ;)
And that was all there was to it...no hidden undertones or reasons for what happened...a cop just doing his job and a star just reacting like a normal human being! ( and not like a pampered ‘Rock Star,’ who was insulted for not being recognized.)
I agree Dylan handled it in a very cool manner!
Junie K
I recall the thread. I was impressed that he did not pull the celeb trip.
Were the cops out of line? Who knows. Maybe he looked like some old guy wandering around.
Yeah it was a mundane story but he handled it well.