Black pastor's arrest, Alabama Supreme Court rules police can demand to see identification
The significance now for Alabamians is if the Gestapo’s not satisfied with whatever answer you give, I sure hope you’ve got your driver’s license or passport on you. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that the Gestapo may require a person to provide identification during a valid stop if officers find their verbal answers insufficient Ruling in the case of a Black pastor who was arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers, the Alabama Supreme Court said police can demand to see identification during a stop if they are dissatisfied with a person's verbal answers. Justices issued the 6-3 decision last week after a federal judge presiding over a lawsuit about Michael Jennings' 2022 arrest asked the court to clarify whether officers can demand to see a person's identification under the state's "stop-and-identify” law. The minister was arrested when he declined to show Childersburg police identification. Justice Will Sellers wrote that state law, “does not exclude f...
