[Marie]

So now it’s illegal to leave your house without your driver’s license just in case a cop demands ‘papers’?

If you don’t have it, you don’t have it. I’m unaware of any law that requires a citizen to carry ID with them every where they go.

And if it’s not illegal to walk/ride without ID, then how can it be legal for them to demand it?

[walford]

If you don’t have it, you don’t have it. I’m unaware of any law that requires a citizen to carry ID with them every where they go.

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Officers have discretion to demand ID based upon what they observe and the subject’s behavior. The driver and front seat passenger were being uncooperative and acting squirrely.

As I said earlier, if the front seat passenger had kept his hands in plain view and his mouth shut, the cop would not have even talked to him for a seat belt violation, must less demanded an ID.

Asking for an ID is not unreasonable and lawful orders are not based upon whether or not you feel like it.