Rights Violation or a Complete Jerk?

[Taem]

Contempt for the law? What contempt? What law? From all perspectives, he was unjustly arrested. Go back and re-read the article. Check the updates at the bottom. You'll notice he put up a section of law that states NO ONE is require to provide a driver's license while not operating a vehicle, ONLY your name, address, and date of birth.

Isn't there a law stating you must comply with the requests of police officers? This is mostly for their protection. When I was in high school, a friend and I were walking down the sidewalk at night when a cop drove by in his car and shown his light on us. He told [shouted actually] us to "stop" and that he was going to search us. I told him he didn't have any right to search us because neither of us had "search and seizure", not did either of us have a criminal record to which he replied by putting his hand on his gun and telling us to "get the *uck on the ground with your hands in the air." My friend complied by I coolly stared the cop down and sat on the side of the curb with my hands at my side. Backup arrived and the cops questioned us about where we had been earlier that evening then proceeded to search our persona. Of course, they didn't find whatever the hell they were looking for because we had just come from his house and were en route to my house. Before releasing us, the cops told us they had reports of teenagers stealing radios out of cars and we matched the description of two teenagers with a backpack, so they searched us.

IMO, this is the same situation; store clerk tells cop man is trying to steal goods. By law, he has the right to detain and search him for these goods. I'm sure his asking for the mans license was simply to compare it to the credit card name on the receipt - the cop probably thought the credit card was stolen and wanted to make sure because of the man's suspicious behavior. The cop had every right, for his own protection, to do what he did and I hope Joe Smuck gets in trouble for his actions with the law. As to the store policy, that's up for debate.