Original Message: ----------------- From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:47:55 -0500 (CDT) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Schneier vs. Brin
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:34:42 -0500 (CDT) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Schneier vs. Brin > > > > > > >>> In Texas, if you're an adult, you cannot be outside your residence > without >>> an ID. > .... >> On your property, I should have said. > > > How sure are you of this Julia? I have two reasons to question this. > First, Google didn't give me any hits on this...just side hits on ID > requirements for beer, etc. Second, my daughter Neli (one of my two > Zambian daughters) was in a car which was pulled over for DWB in the > Woodlands. The people in the care were asked why they were in the > Woodlands. Neli said "I live here." She was asked for ID and she said "I > don't need ID, I'm not driving." The matter was dropped. > >> Given that they were pulled over for DWB, if she was legally required to >> carry ID at all times, wouldn't they have mentioned that at the time. >> Heck, a constible who pulls folks over for DWB is looking for someone to >> arrest in my book. > > Dan M. >I've heard from black men that if they're walking out on the road in East >Texas, they damn well better have ID on them, and failure to produce ID >will get you in some trouble. Ah, that makes sense then. There is no law against it, just like there is no law against black people driving. But, an officer has discretion concerning "suspicious behavior" and the Supreme Court has said that an officer can ask for an ID. So, even though its not a law, its common sense for people with certain ethnic backgrounds to carry IDs. You or I can jog in our neighborhood without them. Heck, Neli can jog here, because the police knows that she could very well be related to someone who could raise holy hell. But, a black man on an E Texas road, yea....I'll believe that. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
