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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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.

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They can ------- eat lead.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-03-18 12:24 PM | Reply

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-18 02:11 PM | Reply

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#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-18 04:26 PM | Reply

He was on private property and watering plants, stopped for WWB because someone didn't recognize him but LATER recognized him. Maybe I am wrong on this but there are a lot of things about this that just don't add up.

Even in Stop and ID states, if there is no reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the person is not required to identify. (Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty., 542 U.S. 177 (2004))

#4 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2026-03-18 04:52 PM | Reply

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