A convicted sex offender cannot pal around with little kids, so shouldn't an officer stop someone out with their kids to check if they're his kids or whether he's a pedophile?
Unless the cop has reasonable suspicion to believe they were felons, he had no reasonable suspicion to question the legality of their actions.
As I said before, however, I think it would have been reasonable for him to request identification, while acknowledging that it was not required. Policing used to be a more cooperative endeavor rather than brute force.
We have traffic checks often. Checking for licenses, registration and insurance. I think the probable cause, is thay someone may not be legally driving, just like checking to see if someone is legally carrying.
They probably would check the pedophile, if someone called them about it.
I think maybe the suspicion was the original call.
I imagine he did say something like...’may I see some ID?’