“Your link was 2004, supreme court decision was after that date.”
I don’t believe you are correct or at least I couldn’t find another case on point. If you have a better citation you might want to post it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes
I don’t think he was being a jerk. There was no security reason or public interest reason for the police officer to verify his ID. It was a car accident he wasn’t even involved with.
I have a BIG problem with the government forcing me to carry ID if I’m not driving. Nothing is more scary than my government putting me on a list. It’s bad enough that if I want to own a gun, I have to get “permission” and be put on a list. I’m not a felon nor am I crazy. When the anti gun Nazi’s come for you, it will be from a list.
This isn’t communist Russia. I should not have to carry my “papers”. I should be able to travel where ever I want in public without a “pass”.