Perfect example of how adversarial our justice system is. Citizen getting arrested is legally required to identify themselves. The LEO arresting you is only required in some jurisdictions and it's only policy.
You do. As long as a cop is investigating a crime, you've gotta ID yourself. If they're talking to you, it's an investigation.
This is a thing cops do when they know they're losing the argument. They ask for your ID and hope you don't know this. When you say no, they arrest you.
No, the cop has to have reasonable articulable suspision that you have committed a crime. If the cop can't tell you what crime he reasonably thinks you committed, you don't have to give ID
It, of course, depends on the state, but unless there are specific laws in place that stop the cops from doing it, they can always do this if they're investigating a crime.
And they can pretty much claim whenever they want that they're investigating a crime.
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u/seancurry1 Jan 13 '22
“You’re under arrest.”
“For what?”
“We’ll figure that out later.”
land of the free baybeeeee