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(29,082 posts)An unnamed informant is your source.
I also believe race played a part in the assumptions being made about the couple's relationship. First by the anonymous witness who seems to have seen a whole lot more action than the couple admits to, and secondly by the cop who was called to the scene. He seems to have believed he had probable cause to question whether she had a prior record of engaging in lewd acts or illegal activity, and part of his belief was based on his assumptions. His action of handcuffing her suggests he was acting with the reasonable certainty that he would find some evidence of a violation of some sort. At the center of the argument lies the fact that a couple in an interracial relationship felt profiled. And the cop should just man up and admit it.
She was not legally required to carry ID in California. Nor to produce it on demand.