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Well, I don't know that it was illegal... he could have asked for an attorney, he could have asked them to take him down town, he could have TOLD THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE WHO HE WAS... he could have told the police who he was. If he had told them the full truth, they would have let him go... so, in not telling the whole truth, he was questioned. He is complaining, and yet, get's paid for the words that he types up for the article. His detainment earned him column space!

"Well, I don't know that it was illegal... "

It is. The Supreme Court says so.

"he could have asked for an attorney, he could have asked them to take him down town, he could have TOLD THE WOMAN WHO WANTED TO CALL THE POLICE WHO HE WAS... "

There was no indication that the woman with the phone ever asked him what he was doing. He had no duty to answer the cops' questions, and they had no right to detain him. He didn't need an attorney; all he needed to do was assert his rights. It's just that the cops did not respect them.