This idiot should have been detained for at least 72 hours and a background investigation should have been conducted considering the security threat above.
I was just curious. The officer had no right to do that though, did he?
I was just curious. The officer had no right to do that though, did he?"
No, the officer had no reason nor right to do that.
Now, Mr. "Joe Hadenuf" would you please either be realistic, or crawl back in your hole
The officer did all that normally would be required. Unless the situation gave the officer additional details, (like he saw bomb materials in the car or the perp was hostile or the perp was under the influence). the perp in this case was well coached to not offer anything to call attention to himself.
Now if the license had biometric data that showed he was not the person he said he was, that would have been cause to bring him in. (But we are talking serious ID here) The problem with the traffic stop being a device to get terrorists is that we have to have stopped them before, put them on a watch list, and have a way to catch those using fradulent identification. (This is a tall order if we are also going to have as much freedom as we now have.)
I believe if data bases were sharred, (including interpol) and if these people used their real names (or we had some way to match them to the ID they were using) then we would have caught about half the perps. (Because at least this number had "records" or were on lists that someone had. In any event, this cop should be let off the hook.