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| Topic | Black man asks for supervisor at traffic stop, cop pulls gun on him. |
| IdiotMachine 07/08/20 8:24:27 PM #10: | So in general, if you're pulled over while driving with reasonable cause, and a police officer asks for ID and registration, you are required to give that info to the police officer. An alternative is the officer looking up your information, either in their police cars or by bringing you down to the precinct to verify your identity and vehicle registration. However, if you're illegally pulled over, you are not required to show ID or registration. In this case, this was a DUI checkpoint. Unfortunately, the US supreme court has found that DUI checkpoints are legal, and that a motorist must answer the basic questions and provide ID during said stop. Some states, however, passed specific laws to outlaw this; while others passed laws to make it legal under specific circumstances (e.g., must be done at night, must be advertised that there will be a DUI checkpoint, etc.). So if this driver was in a state that made it illegal for a DUI checkpoint, he was full within his rights to refuse to answer and refuse to hand over his ID and registration. But all other states, the driver was wrong. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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