The police have no right to ask anyone for ID without probable cause. Wandering around the neighborhood doesn’t qualify. Dylan didn’t have his ID but he would have been perfectly justified if he refused to provide ID if he had it.
If a policeman asked me for ID simply because I was wandering aimlessly, which I often do, I would tell him/her to pound sand. If, on the other hand, they found me climbing into a second floor window of my own house, which I have also done, that’s another story.
Well, you can stand on Principle if you want but a simple thin like producing a valid ID upon reasonable request seems OK to me. To do otherwise is to perhaps make a ‘Gates’ Moment out of a simple matter.
Frankly, if someone looks out of place in my neighborhood I’d like the Police to inquire a little.
JMO