Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31
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BOB KRAMER:
>>> The next thing I know, a police officer is standing over me asking
>>> for my I.D. and wanting to now what I am doing sitting around this
>>> restaurant at 6:00 in the morning taking pictures!
>>
>>Now, WAIT a minute! What possible justification could he have for
>>asking any of that?
>
>That's irrelevant, Jeff, to the powers-that-be. The US Supreme Court has
>long accorded to the police the right to ask any citizen, at any time,
>their name and reason for being at the place, and for ID. It may well be a
>sad commentary on the state of the US that the police ARE given this
>authority, but they do have it.
>
>Marc
>
I have found that when police officers have the power to do this and do it
well, the society is generally safer to live in. It is a small price to
sacrifice some degree of personal freedom for overall peace of mind.
Visitors from abroad tell me that I am fortunate to live in one of the
safest places on planet earth.
Dan K.
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