[yarddog]

This sort of reminds me of those old black and white movies where the German Gestapo agent walks up to the hero and says "papers please".

[Michael.SF.]

To all of those who make a comparison of this incident to Nazi Germany, consider the actions and consequences:

Salt Lake City 2005

Action - Woman refuses to show her papers. Arrest follows. No charges.

Consequences - Woman files lawsuit, possibly winning thousands of dollars. Officer possibly suspended or fired. Pension threatened.

Berlin 1941

Action - Woman refuses to show papers and is arrested.

Consequences - Officer Commendated, his brother-in-law, Siegfried, is transferred from Russian front to Munich.

Consequences - Woman - Dachau, or Treblinka or Bergen-Belsen or....