[cinFLA]

No, you refuse to identify yourself because you just, by damn, don't want to. That's perfectly legitimate UNLESS the law officer has some justifiable reason for asking. The smartass deputy in this case obviously did not, and was just exercising his "jack-booted thug" psychological tendencies.

Apparently you are prone to call cops "jack-booted thugs" and ignore the fact that the guy had been observed beating his daughter while driving and had skidded to a halt on the side of the road.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Apparently you are prone to call cops "jack-booted thugs" and ignore the fact that the guy had been observed beating his daughter while driving and had skidded to a halt on the side of the road."

No, I call SOME cops "jack-booted thugs"---because they are. Ask any officer you happen to know well whether their "brother officers" sometimes abuse their authority--the answer might surprise you.

As to your assertions about "beating his daughter", the article says ZIP about that, or ANY grounds for suspicion by the officer.