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To: coconutt2000
They don't even have probable cause here much less than suspicion. A police officer can't arbitrarily demand identification from someone who he knows hasn't committed a crime. Last time I checked, America wasn't a police state.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
8 posted on 08/26/2005 4:43:28 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

[Last time I checked, America wasn't a police state.]

You must have checked a very long time ago. Welcome to the new America.


39 posted on 08/26/2005 5:07:04 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp (We're living in the Dark Ages.)
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To: goldstategop
A police officer can't arbitrarily demand identification from someone who he knows hasn't committed a crime.

Even under the Double Secret Probationary Clause of the Patriot Act?

52 posted on 08/26/2005 5:20:04 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: goldstategop
Last time I checked, America wasn't a police state.

You'd better check again.

55 posted on 08/26/2005 5:21:33 PM PDT by semaj ("....by their fruit you will know them.")
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To: goldstategop

The defining difference between the American concept of freedom and the European concept is summed up in the phrase, "Your papers please."


85 posted on 08/26/2005 6:06:53 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: goldstategop
"Last time I checked, America wasn't a police state.

Been a while hasn't it?

96 posted on 08/26/2005 6:25:43 PM PDT by DaiHuy (Oderint dum metuant)
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