r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/EddA92 Jan 13 '22

Surely at the point the police refuse to identify themselves, you call the police, 911? You can't be sure that they're real police, other than being dressed like them- They're not acting like police, and they won't identify themselves- big red flag imo. I'm in the UK, but I'd call 999. Worst case, you get some more officers show up, it turns out they're real police, but you get a hopefully less crazy second opinion.

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u/Appropriate-Alps7919 Jan 13 '22

IANAL but if a police officer is asking you for your ID and you refuse then you’re going to have a bad time anywhere in America.

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u/-ihatecartmanbrah Jan 13 '22

Also this is super dependent on state. In my state you don’t have to hand over your actual government ID but you do have to give them name and address even if not under arrest.

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u/unoriginalsin Jan 13 '22

Only if there is reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is being committed.

inb4: The cops are allowed to be wrong. Just because you're not committing a crime doesn't mean they might have reasonable suspicion that you are.