I do not see how her reaction is bad. If I gave my husband a great kiss and someone called the cops and called me a prostitute, I’d be horrified and enraged.
I’m permitted to give that man the best kiss of his life any time I want. And I expect him to kiss me back.
And nobody can sully that simple gesture of affection.
No. They cannot ask for my ID in response.
If the video of the couple themselves is to be believed, the police did not call her a prostitute. The boyfriend said he "had a feeling" that the police were implying that. From the police's point of view, the 911 caller apparently claimed there was a sex act; and if sex or prostitution was going on in public, the police had to find out by asking a few questions. But it was the boyfriend who went ahead and used the prostitute word and laid down the race card.
Also, the woman claimed to be offended that they asked her boyfriend for her ID instead of asking her; but she had already got on the cellphone with her father, turned her back to the officer and walked away. So it looks to me like the officers were trying to AVOID laying hands on her intitially by asking the boyfriend to intercede with her. They had to do so eventually because she resisted and mouthed off fifteen minutes of civil rights drama.
When there is a 911 call, officers spend taxpayer money to answer it, and they must fulfill a few requirements to investigate the incident. Asking for ID was an appropriate request so they could determine whether any other complaints were lodged about either of those two, whose behavior sparked a phone call. Are we supposed to believe that someone in California was so racist that they called police because they were merely kissing, but they were interracial? This was not Alabama in 1950. If in fact, there was a crime but the police ignored it because of not wanting to upset a racially sensitive person, someone else down the line might object to that and try to sue the PD.
The TMZ scenario described by a post above seems more likely -- that actually they were humping. They avoided the question when the interviewer asked them what was going on by insisting that they were "fully clothed" and then she said she has a right to pleasure! As if having intercourse in public is okay if you have your clothes on? -- sort of like breastfeeding in public is okay if you cover with a blanket?
Just kissing? I guess it depends on what you are kissing and who you putting on an involuntary show for.