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[hunter]

32. That sounds ghastly, just ghastly.

From personal experience the police are not inclined to do that over a simple identification issue. It's too much hassle for them, the jails are too crowded, and it's expensive.

Exceptions might be if word comes down from high to lean on some minorities, protesters, football revelers, or something similar. And, of course, if you are tangled up in an actual crime, guilty or not. Or maybe you are on some unprofessional cop's shit list that day because of racism, misogyny, LGBT hatered, whatever.

Still, I never carry ID because I like to pretend I live in a free country protected by certain Constitutional rights.

If more people pushed back against unreasonable police behavior maybe we could make some progress. Too many law enforcement officers in the U.S.A. are simply bullies or even criminals.