>They don’t have to tell you why you are referred to secondary. They don’t have to tell you what their computer system says about you. Sometimes it is just random. They can decide to secondary every single person.
It is this mentality, the ‘detention’ mentality, that I do *NOT* like. It is *wholly* un-American to detain someone without giving reason, even if that reason is “You were number 49, and I’m inn-depth-searching all multiples of 7 today...”
>Regarding a police officer asking you where you are going, it depends on how that encounter starts. If he walks up to you on the street you don’t have to talk to him. If he tells you to stop, then you are being detained and he has to have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed (you match a vague description of a bank robber.)
But there is STILL *some* reason, not “we don’t need a reason” that is present in all of these examples.
>If he pulls you over for speeding and asks then it is probably in your best interests to give him some info, but you don’t have to.
Right....
>Of course when talking to a police officer your 4th amendment and expectations of privacy are in affect.
LOL - Wow, you are naive. You do realize that ‘lying’ to a federal officer is a crime, and ‘lying’ can consist of saying something unintentionally misinformed/misinforming, right?
Does that go against America's sense of "fair play?" That is what Obama said about Arizona detaining illegal aliens.