What does it hurt to be cool about it, and just show the cop your id? The deputy appeared to be respectful.
Doesn’t matter. You have no obligation to show your “papers” to any LEO if you are not suspected of having committed a crime. You do not have to prove that you aren’t a felon by showing your ID.
I agree. There is no point in being difficult and confrontational with a law enforcement officer. Admittedly, some cops are thugs, but most are just normal people doing their job.
Because the officer has no business asking to see the ID of any person not being arrested. Despite what most JBTs think, refusing to show an ID is not a crime.
Does one show a cop ID if he sees you are eating pancakes?
Once you submit, people will begin to think it is accepted practice to submit and mission creep will set in and eventually people will accept barcodes on their forehead.
It is the same process that eliminated routine public open carry- the pickle in which we now find ourselves.
Best regards,
Respectful or not, a law-abiding citizen is NOT required to give police ID on request. And unless there is a well-defined "reasonable suspicion" that a crime has been or is about to be committed, the police have no authority to force the issue. Simply having a gun openly in public is NOT grounds to do so.
I live in Pierce County, and these cops need to be taken down a notch or two. Good on these folks for standing up for their (and my) rights.