The police are only trying to help. Why wouldn’t you want to provide them with your papers identifying yourself on demand? What is wrong with providing fingerprints, retinal scan, DNA samples, other biometric info, and answering a few questions; all reasonably requested at traffic stops, sobriety checkpoints, 3 a.m. no knock warrant service, your kid’s school? Don’t you want to help the police?

Shouldn’t the police have the power to demand to know where you have been, where you are going, what you have been doing, what you plan to do, what and where you have eaten, do you own this vehicle, this house, this business, how much money do you have on your person, can I search your car, your trunk, your home (that was not a request), your person, your anus?

Shouldn’t the police have the power to shoot your dog, or stomp your cat?

Shouldn’t the police have the power to brandish weapons upon every interaction with the public they serve? To order about, belittle, humiliate, terrorize, restrain, electrocute, gas, club or beat anyone they encounter?

Well, your judges and the public seem to think so.