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Bill Would Require You to Identify Yourself At All Times[TX]
WOAI ^ | 16 Apr 2009 | Jim Forsyth

Posted on 04/20/2009 7:53:50 AM PDT by BGHater

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To: Eaker
Say your real good at putting up straw men, I need a couple of scarecrows in my garden.......
61 posted on 04/20/2009 9:52:48 AM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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To: Stat-boy

“This article is a hit peace, full of either incompetence or intentional lies, from the very first sentence.”

I agree.


62 posted on 04/20/2009 9:53:32 AM PDT by WOSG (Why is Obama trying to bankrupt America with $16 trillion in spending over the next 4 years?)
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To: Stat-boy

“or neighborhood watch members”

And how long before (ACORN) a community (ACORN) organizer (ACORN) can demand to see your ID? If security guards and neighborhood associations are commissioned to require it, is it a long leap to imagine zer0’s little Red Guards having the same power?


63 posted on 04/20/2009 9:54:14 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Meanwhile, the sheeple graze mindlessly while awaiting slaughter at Hope and Change Ranch)
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To: BGHater
"Papers please."

"F*ck you. Get a warrant..."

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

This bill is about as "unreasonable" as it gets IMO.

64 posted on 04/20/2009 9:55:22 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: mysterio

Some of us have been saying that for a while now. Maybe more folks will wise up.


65 posted on 04/20/2009 9:56:01 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Dead Corpse

This bill does NOT require you to provide papers.
That’s a strawman argument.

All it does is require persons ‘under reasonable suspicion’ to tell the cops on the scene who the heck they are.


66 posted on 04/20/2009 9:57:11 AM PDT by WOSG (Why is Obama trying to bankrupt America with $16 trillion in spending over the next 4 years?)
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To: ScottinVA

“If security guards and neighborhood associations are commissioned to require it, is it a long leap to imagine zer0’s little Red Guards having the same power?”

Maybe you misread my post. The writer of the article is the moron who thinks security guards or neighborhood watch members are peace officers.

“Peace officer” is the term that the Texas statutes use to describe law enforcement officers.


67 posted on 04/20/2009 9:57:34 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: WOSG
With no definition for "reasonable suspicion", it lower the bar for Probable Cause.

No thanks...

68 posted on 04/20/2009 10:00:13 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Dead Corpse

You are being played by a left wing article.

Did you read the actual bill? I provided a link for your convenience. How about giving Dan Patrick at least that much benefit of the doubt.


69 posted on 04/20/2009 10:01:01 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: Dead Corpse

“With no definition for “reasonable suspicion”, it lower the bar for Probable Cause.”

The term reasonable suspicion is a well defined legal term. See Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968).


70 posted on 04/20/2009 10:02:18 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: BGHater

Down the slippery slope we go....


71 posted on 04/20/2009 10:02:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: texasredhead8712; TexKat; ValerieTexas; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Supporters of the bill, like State Sen. Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen) says there are safeguards... The bill is sponsored by State Sen. Dan Patrick (R-Houston), who is a strong supporter of individual rights. "It is illegal for them to falsely identify themselves, but it is not illegal for them not to tell you who they are," Patrick said. "In this era of national security issues, if we have a police officer detaining someone at a high profile target, it is in the best interests of the safety of that officer and this community to be able to quickly determine who that person is."

72 posted on 04/20/2009 10:04:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Stat-boy
In fact I had looked it up before reading your link.

It still stinks on ice. It devolves the PC standard to a self re-enforcing logic circle. A cop could stop someone and demand ID if another could would have reasonably done the same thing? That refusal to do so constitutes a crime?

(sarc)Yeah... That won't be abused at all...(/sarc)

73 posted on 04/20/2009 10:06:07 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Stat-boy

“’Peace officer’ is the term that the Texas statutes use to describe law enforcement officers.”

I get that. I’m thinking beyond Texas here.


74 posted on 04/20/2009 10:07:10 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Meanwhile, the sheeple graze mindlessly while awaiting slaughter at Hope and Change Ranch)
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To: Stat-boy
And this mangles it further.

Oh wth... This Country is sinking into a Third World sh*thole faster than Meghan McCain's waistline is expanding. May as well just be able to arrest anyone for any reason at any time.

75 posted on 04/20/2009 10:08:38 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: BGHater

“Hinojosa said the officer would have to have a ‘good reason’ to demand identification.”

I don’t trust a single LEO to use that properly.


76 posted on 04/20/2009 10:10:21 AM PDT by Bull Market (The Neo-Con experiment failed. John McCain deserved to lose.)
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To: Bull Market
And that "good reason" should be one the another officer would also use.

Circular logic...

A bit like flushing our Justice system down the toilet one chunk at a time.

77 posted on 04/20/2009 10:13:51 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Dead Corpse

OK

I can understand if you have objections to Terry v Ohio or Hiibel.


78 posted on 04/20/2009 10:17:30 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: Eaker

I agree with your description of Dan Patrick.

Is this (as another FReeper already posted) a misguided attempt to control illegals?


79 posted on 04/20/2009 10:19:53 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Peanut Gallery; Wneighbor; mylife

ping


80 posted on 04/20/2009 10:22:40 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Our Savior who art in Washinton, hollow be His graven image.)
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