From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 08:40:54 +0800
To: "Tim May" <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM>
Subject: Re: Identity, Persistence, Anonymity, and Accountability--Part I of II
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On 12/14/97 6:54 PM, Tim May (tcmay@got.net)  passed this wisdom:

>But note that there absolutely is no requirement in the United 
>States for ageneral form of identification. Non-drivers need not 
>have any form of I.D. And as we have seen in court cases, a la 
>Lawson v. Kolender (where a blackman in dreadlocks used to like to 
>walk the streets of San Diego...the copsstopped him many times and 
>jailed him for not having I.D. on him...the court ruled that people 
>don't have to present credentials issued by the state to walk the 
>public streets). 

  In New Jersey there is a criminal offense called "failure to
properly identify" ... I don't know if its ever been tested, or if it
is still on the books, but as of ten years ago it was there. I think
it was a misdemeanor (in NJ the term is "petty disorderly persons
offense) I cannot imagine it as a felony.

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