Yes, exactly. Who stops you on the streets and asks for your passport? If the answer is the police then that puts some widely held conservative beliefs into question doesn't it.
If you don’t have ID in Washington DC,then you must be some kind of terrorist insurrectionist.
The police are only there to enforce laws that the politicians create. Germany started the same thing in the 30s and then progressed to national police agencies. We'll accept the same evolution here in time. Government is looking out for your well being.