Dan Patrick is the most conservative member of the Texas Senate.
This article is a hit peace, full of either incompetence or intentional lies, from the very first sentence.
For example: “Any ‘peace officer’ can demand i.d. any time, doesn’t say exactly who qualifies as a ‘peace officer.’”
What an idiot. How can someone so ill informed write about a criminal law bill. Peace officer is what the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure uses to define law enforcement officers.
Here is a link to the actual bill:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/html/SB01175E.htm
Notice the bill says that a person must give name, address, birth date if that person is either arrested or lawfully detained.
Lawfully detained is a legal term and referred to as a Terry stop. It requires that in order to temporarily detain a person the officer have reasonable suspicion that the person has or is about to commit a crime.
“This article is a hit peace, full of either incompetence or intentional lies, from the very first sentence.”
I agree.
Look, the guy may be a sterling Republican and an upstanding guy but he's barking up the wrong tree with this legislation.
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Notice the bill says that a person must give name, address, birth date if that person is either arrested or lawfully detained.
One's name, address and other info is evidence that can be used against you. The Constitution PROHIBITS one being coerced into give anything to the government.
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It requires that in order to temporarily detain a person the officer have reasonable suspicion that the person has or is about to commit a crime.
There's a legal term called presumption of guilt before establishment of legal fact.
The law can only arrest you if you HAVE done something.
Allowing them arrest you for what they perceive you MIGHT do makes criminals of us all.