[RightOnline]

I've never, ever dealt with cops with anything less than due respect. I don't kowtow or kiss their ass(s), but neither do I give them grief; I treat them as human beings.

For some........that just isn't good enough.

I suspect you have lived a rather sheltered life. I also suspect that, well intentioned that you are, that you would readily abrogate your Constitutional rights to avoid confrontation.

I find that supremely sad. What is sadder still is the percentage of this country that feels as you do, hence the continued erosion of our liberties. The more you give in, the less your true rights mean.

[Michael.SF.]

I've never, ever dealt with cops with anything less than due respect.

Like the 'respect you are showing them here?

I suspect you have lived a rather sheltered life. I also suspect that, well intentioned that you are, that you would readily abrogate your Constitutional rights to avoid confrontation.

No, I would be more selective and wiser then some on when and where I would pick my battles. Being asked for my ID by a cop is not where I would make a stand that could threaten arrest or injury. This is especially true, if I had not committed a crime.

You and others are simply reading far too much into this incident.