It was a good ruling, all because of the word “evade”.
What does that word mean? There’s the problem. It could mean anything a police officer wants it to mean. Some guy crosses the street. He’s evading. Stop him. Some guy turns around and walks the other way. He’s evading. Stop him.
Neither crossing the street nor turning around are illegal in themselves. They should not be used as a a reason to stop and detain someone. More is needed.
Personally I want nothing to do with law enforcement. I avoid all contact. I knew someone who was a dispatcher and she said if there is a cop behind you they are running your plates. I drive carefully and don’t break traffic laws and my plate is a word that is easily run. I don’t have any outstanding warrants. I haven’t committed any crimes that I know of. I still don’t want a cop behind me. The last time I got pulled over the cop was getting angry at me for saying I didn’t do anything wrong. I just took the ticket and paid the fine. It was a stale yellow light but I was all the way over the line before the light turned red. No film no witnesses except him and me and the judge gave him the benefit of his position. It cost me over 500 bucks and that was at least 15 years ago. Even the people who say that you don’t have anything to worry about if you haven’t done anything wrong don’t want to be pulled over.
Is wearing a mask, ‘evading?’
I would be ‘evading’ identification.