At 09:29 PM Sunday 3/9/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Mar 9, 2008, at 2:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ><concerning the carrying of IDs> >Ah, that makes sense then. There is no law against it, just like there is >no law against black people driving. But, an officer has discretion >concerning "suspicious behavior" and the Supreme Court has said that an >officer can ask for an ID. So, even though its not a law, its common sense >for people with certain ethnic backgrounds to carry IDs. You or I can jog >in our neighborhood without them. Heck, Neli can jog here, because the >police knows that she could very well be related to someone who could raise >holy hell. But, a black man on an E Texas road, yea....I'll believe that. > >Dan M. > >Ray writes (in this clumsy manner since he cannot send mail from his >mail program): > >My question was whether a US citizen is required to carry and produce ID >showing they are US citizens if stopped by the Border Patrol in say NM, >nowhere near any external borders. When I handed over my South Dakota >driver's license as ID, I was castigated for not producing my passport. >If I had said I was a US citizen, would I have been required to produce >evidence of this on the spot?
That option probably ended when you greeted the officer with "G'day!" ;) >Regards, Ray. (Who had a quiet day in Carlsberg, spending many happy? >hours in Walmart buying supplies etc for our trip. As I have pointed out in the recurring "Wal-Mart is EVIL and must be destroyed!" threads, a Wal-Mart Supercenter is one of the few places you can stop with your empty van at 4 AM local time and be completely* kitted out to leave on your cross-country road trip at first light. (Driving mostly west, I hope, as even with better sunglasses than theirs I don't particularly like driving right into the Sun.**) And if you get 700 miles from home and discover that you forgot something, there is probably another one right off one of the next few exits . . . _____ *Unless perhaps you need a prescription refill or something like that, as the pharmacy in the ones I know about is usually closed at night. **Insert your own reference to "Operation: Annihilate!" >We are doing our best >to boost the US economy! Thank goodness the Aussie dollar is worth >nearly twice what it was in our short visit in 2001.) -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
