The cops are already "checking IDs" of people that resemble a known criminal. This is how they do it.
A couple days ago my neighbor is driving to McDonalds with his 4 year old son. He notices a police officer serveral car lenghts back that seems to be following him. He is not concerned because 1) He hasn't done anything wrong, 2) he's not in his own car anyway, and 3) the guy he borrowed the car from is visiting from clear across the country. (Car from Florida, police in California). A short distance later he sees another 3 police cars blocking off a cross street. Again he is not worried for the listed reasons, plus he remembers that a baby was found abandoned near here a few weeks ago, perhaps they are still investigating.
He pulls into the McDonalds, buys the Happy Meal for his son and is pulling out when a police officer pulls the "COPS Maneuver" and squeals in in front of the car as 3 other cars block him from behind. There are now 5 police cars with at least 7 officers "Checking his ID". They have guns drawn and 2 of them are screaming at him to put his hands out of his car. (Try this, in rush hour traffic try listening to two people screaming almost the same thing at almost the same time, it's hard to understand)
He gets out of the car, follows the instructions, (puts hands behind his head, backs up several feet, slides sideways a few feet, gets handcuffed, etc.) all the time he is trying to explain to the officers that his 4 year old is in the car. Every officer looked extremely mad and the 4 year old part didn't phase them.
After placing him in the back of their car and calling in, checking things (read 30+ minutes) they get the report back that this isn't their guy.
The explanation, his license plate number (from Florida) matched a Washington plate number for one of the FBIs 10 most wanted. Wait, no, that wasn't it, the license had expired, no, wait, no that actually doesn't happen for another couple of weeks, well we're sorry.
He calls back a few hours later so that someone can explain to his 4 year old that he is not a "BAD Guy" and receives the best explanation. He matched the physical description of the suspect.
This means some officer saw him, from 3 blocks away, through tinted glass (legal in Florida, not in CA), with a baseball cap on and decided to "Check his ID".
The hilarious part, the criminal has an arabic sounding name, my neighbor is a 300 pound white guy.
Simply checking the ID is more complicated than it sounds.
Actually, looking at the national average, the more education the worse it gets. The "sweet spot" appears to be a High School graduate with some college. On average, a person with a Bachelors earns more than a High School graduate, but once you get a Masters you have dropped below the HS grad, and a PHD drops you even lower. Multiple PHDs would probably put you below poverty level.
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A couple days ago my neighbor is driving to McDonalds with his 4 year old son. He notices a police officer serveral car lenghts back that seems to be following him. He is not concerned because 1) He hasn't done anything wrong, 2) he's not in his own car anyway, and 3) the guy he borrowed the car from is visiting from clear across the country. (Car from Florida, police in California). A short distance later he sees another 3 police cars blocking off a cross street. Again he is not worried for the listed reasons, plus he remembers that a baby was found abandoned near here a few weeks ago, perhaps they are still investigating.
He pulls into the McDonalds, buys the Happy Meal for his son and is pulling out when a police officer pulls the "COPS Maneuver" and squeals in in front of the car as 3 other cars block him from behind. There are now 5 police cars with at least 7 officers "Checking his ID". They have guns drawn and 2 of them are screaming at him to put his hands out of his car. (Try this, in rush hour traffic try listening to two people screaming almost the same thing at almost the same time, it's hard to understand)
He gets out of the car, follows the instructions, (puts hands behind his head, backs up several feet, slides sideways a few feet, gets handcuffed, etc.) all the time he is trying to explain to the officers that his 4 year old is in the car. Every officer looked extremely mad and the 4 year old part didn't phase them.
After placing him in the back of their car and calling in, checking things (read 30+ minutes) they get the report back that this isn't their guy.
The explanation, his license plate number (from Florida) matched a Washington plate number for one of the FBIs 10 most wanted. Wait, no, that wasn't it, the license had expired, no, wait, no that actually doesn't happen for another couple of weeks, well we're sorry.
He calls back a few hours later so that someone can explain to his 4 year old that he is not a "BAD Guy" and receives the best explanation. He matched the physical description of the suspect. This means some officer saw him, from 3 blocks away, through tinted glass (legal in Florida, not in CA), with a baseball cap on and decided to "Check his ID".
The hilarious part, the criminal has an arabic sounding name, my neighbor is a 300 pound white guy.
Simply checking the ID is more complicated than it sounds.
Actually, looking at the national average, the more education the worse it gets. The "sweet spot" appears to be a High School graduate with some college. On average, a person with a Bachelors earns more than a High School graduate, but once you get a Masters you have dropped below the HS grad, and a PHD drops you even lower. Multiple PHDs would probably put you below poverty level.
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