“They run a computer check on your driver’s licence or state ID which you must have to write checs or get a bank account. Or on your social security card.”
Thanks, this is helpful. But what if I’m a legal citizen walking down the street without any of these documents? Can they run the check on my self-declared SSN? If so, what’s to prevent an illegal from reporting a stolen SSN and matching name? If not, does that mean any American who fails to carry identification is subject to arrest at any time?
If you provide your social security number, your picture will be in the file that pops up on the dashboard computer.
An illegal alien with a fake ID can not insert his picture into the state database very easily.
That said, if law enforcement in your local is crooked, they already can invent a pretext to arrest you without this.
If you are walking down the street, dumb ass, you are not going to be stopped and asked for ID. You must break a law first. That is the way it has always been in the USA, Arizona has made sure their law follows that procedure, otherwise it would be unconstitutional.
Well, unless LEOs have cause to talk to you, it won't be an issue.
If you make contact for cause, well then, yes, you have to provide ID.
This is not new.