Just throwing this out there... don't gas stations do this very thing?
I know several gas stations in the area use bino's to see what the other gas station is selling for down the street and they change their prices to match.
Did you even watch the video? Read the transcript? The daughter didn't call the police. He got a report of a domestic disturbance from someone who saw them. *She* actually punched him!
You could arrest him for suspicion of whatever you want, but if you don't have probable cause of a crime, it would be thrown out. It also doesn't matter if this guy *is* a whatever. He doesn't have to identify himself. That's the nice thing about the Constitution. We have the right to talk and the right to shut up. We can use either right any time we want! Unless they have a warrant or probable cause, you really don't have to comply with any of their requests.
You are right on one thing Tony. Giving your ID isn't a big deal until you don't want to. If the police want to do something they don't have a specific right to do, it would be my advice not to allow them to do it. Things snowball real quick. Maybe you haven't done anything illegal. Maybe they'll find something that can be interpreted that it is. And you let them have it because, it's no big deal. You have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You also have the right to be a *private* citizen. Private is much the same as *anonymity*, no?
BTW, if he was a rapist/murderer/whatever and this gets thrown out of court, I'm pretty sure they can't hold him. "Fruit of the poison tree". He was obtained illegaly. People have gotten away with worse stuff for stupider reasons though.
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I know several gas stations in the area use bino's to see what the other gas station is selling for down the street and they change their prices to match.
You could arrest him for suspicion of whatever you want, but if you don't have probable cause of a crime, it would be thrown out. It also doesn't matter if this guy *is* a whatever. He doesn't have to identify himself. That's the nice thing about the Constitution. We have the right to talk and the right to shut up. We can use either right any time we want! Unless they have a warrant or probable cause, you really don't have to comply with any of their requests.
You are right on one thing Tony. Giving your ID isn't a big deal until you don't want to. If the police want to do something they don't have a specific right to do, it would be my advice not to allow them to do it. Things snowball real quick. Maybe you haven't done anything illegal. Maybe they'll find something that can be interpreted that it is. And you let them have it because, it's no big deal. You have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You also have the right to be a *private* citizen. Private is much the same as *anonymity*, no?
BTW, if he was a rapist/murderer/whatever and this gets thrown out of court, I'm pretty sure they can't hold him. "Fruit of the poison tree". He was obtained illegaly. People have gotten away with worse stuff for stupider reasons though.