You all might have heard about this case that's making the news about reported excessive force by police in Hammond, IN. Supposedly the guy didn't have any id and wouldn't get out of the car to comply with the police. Now, a person is never going to win in the field not complying with the cops but my question is, what were the police going to do with this guy after he couldn't produce id??

This could happen to anyone. Sometimes I've taken off from the house without my wallet so I wouldn't be able to "prove" who I was to the police. So were the cops hoping they would find some weed or something on the guy so they could arrest him or run a warrant check on the name he gave and then arrest him? It appears to me that the cops were on a fishing expedition and had no plan B if this un-id guy came up clean. I know cops have a tough and dangerous job but where goes common sense come into play?? So, it goes back to my question: is it illegal not to have id in the U.S.??



http://abcnews.go.com/US/pair-alleging- ... d=26024762