“In an ideal world, the officer would not ask for ID if he doesn’t have cause and, if he did have cause then he’d ask for ID and send you on your way if he realizes that you haven’t done anything.”
That is actually how it is legally supposed to work right now. Anything other is unconstitutional.
Yes, but unfortunately it gets abused.
If an officer doesn’t like and detains you, he might go through the records to see if there is any case that he can say that gave him cause to detain you.
Yes, the legality of what is supposed to happen is the ideal balane.