Information about our president has always been public information. Until now. Even asking questions is dangerous.
If obama was a decent person (which he's not), he would have voluntarily released this information, including his college transcripts, his birth certificates, and his tax returns. However, since he's too sleazy to let us know the truth, and his supporters are too PC to question him, he retains the same legal protections as the rest of us. The cops were wrong.