Alabama Supreme Court to Cops: OK to Demand "Papers Please"
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.
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... 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 from its purview a request for physical identification when a suspect provides an incomplete or unsatisfactory response to an officer's demand to provide his or her name and address and an explanation of his or her action." ...
Justice Will Sellers wrote that state law, "does not exclude from its purview a request for physical identification when a suspect provides an incomplete or unsatisfactory response to an officer's demand to provide his or her name and address and an explanation of his or her action." ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-19 09:46 PM | Reply
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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-19 09:47 PM | Reply
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