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"Watts and her husband Brian James Lucas claim that they were kissing on a Hollywood street when police were called and they were asked to show their ID card to which Watts refused.."

Q: Are You Required To Show ID or Answer Questions To Police and Other Government Agents Upon Demand?

A: For showing an ID: The answer is NO, except ONLY under extremely limited circumstances (detention with “reasonable, articulable suspicion” during a Terry stop” OR when being detained under “probable cause” for the commission of a crime.

If the police had reasonable grounds to suspect an act of prostitution, technically, under extremely limited circumstances, this could be legal.

If it's random in an area not known for prostitution, big problem for the police and the city.

If it was my daughter being treated improperly, I can't post my reaction for fear of being banned.

If it's random in an area not known for prostitution, big problem for the police and the city.

It's Studio City. It's hardly an area known for prostitution. Upper middle class neighborhood. Frankly, there's no place in L.A. with daytime streetwalking anymore. You used to see it in Hollywood, but not for many years.

What fascinates me about this story is that the police can handcuff someone and put them in their car, but claim to have no record of it because they weren't "actually" arrested.