[42282] in Cypherpunks
Re: Mandatory ID in California?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Wed Oct 25 12:44:29 1995
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 12:16:22 -0400
To: Ian Goldberg <iang@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 08:45 AM 10/25/95 -0700, Ian Goldberg wrote:
>"The officer, in accordance with police policy, arrested Burton
>for refusing to properly identify himself."
><snip>
>
>That last sentence seemed ominous to me...
This has been chatted about for years. Under California law, failure to
identify yourself is a minor violation. They always dismiss the next day at
your hearing. You don't have to carry ID, you just have to identify
yourself (there's a difference). "my name Jose Jimenez." You still don't
need ID unless you are operating a motor vehicle on public streets and roads
(or maybe catching a plane).
DCF
"The average seasoned citizen pays a higher percentage of his income for
medical expenses today than he did in 1964 before the passage of Medicaid."
