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I'd think that if they arrested everyone in Texas that failed or was unable to provide a valid ID the jails would be packed.

 

Sounds like somebody (probably a LT with too much time on his hands) decided to have a Jay Walking Enforcement Day...sad

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The only thing I can think of is that they were going to cite her for jaywalking and needed to verify her ID for the citation...she refused to give them enough info to verify her ID and thus she was arrested...only thing I can come up with.

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The only thing I can think of is that they were going to cite her for jaywalking and needed to verify her ID for the citation...she refused to give them enough info to verify her ID and thus she was arrested...only thing I can come up with.

 

I originally thought she was arrested for jaywalking too but the police said it was for not showing ID which I'm sure will get thrown out. She didn't even resist.

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I originally thought she was arrested for jaywalking too but the police said it was for not showing ID which I'm sure will get thrown out. She didn't even resist.

Well Jaywalking isn't an arrestable offense I'd guess, even in Texas. I'd bet they tried to write her a citation and for whatever reason they couldn't positively ID her. So she was arrested for not giving proper ID not jaywalking, but again I'm just guessing trying to figure out a legitimate reason for this to go down that way.

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Well Jaywalking isn't an arrestable offense I'd guess, even in Texas. I'd bet they tried to write her a citation and for whatever reason they couldn't positively ID her. So she was arrested for not giving proper ID not jaywalking, but again I'm just guessing trying to figure out a legitimate reason for this to go down that way.

 

Yea, I think it will end up with the arresting officer(s) wishing they stayed in bed that morning.

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She doesn't have to show ID if she is not operating anything or showing anything that requires a license.

What if they are going to write her a ticket, wouldn't they need to ID her to make sure she's not giving the name of her next door neighbor to get out of paying the ticket? I'm not sure what Texas law is on something like that.

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What if they are going to write her a ticket, wouldn't they need to ID her to make sure she's not giving the name of her next door neighbor to get out of paying the ticket? I'm not sure what Texas law is on something like that.

 

According to the article you cannot be forced to provide an ID unless you have been arrested, if you are being lawfully detained you can be charged with providing false information if you lie about your identity but you are not required to provide a valid ID. Think about it: no one is required to carry valid ID around when not operating a vehicle. Otherwise they could arrest everyone at a beach or at a swimming pool. She was jogging, a lot of people don't carry ID with them when they're doing that. This is not supposed to be a police state. They can't make you carry around ID to present on demand when you are not performing an action that requires positive ID.

 

Maybe it was supposed to be for refusing to give her name or information to the police. I'm sure that would be illegal if you were being cited. Sounds like the whole thing could have been avoided if the officers would have paid a little more attention to the situation and realized that she most likely wasn't trying to escape but didn't hear them due to the headphones in her ears. As for pulling away from the officer--I'd say that is a natural reaction when someone grabs your arm from behind. She must not have fought them or she'd have been charged with resisting. Cooler heads should have prevailed--I'm guessing this could have went down without her being cuffed. As for the jay walking enforcement, I'm not going to down the cops for this. It might have been a really dangerous area to be crossing the street. I know there were a couple of places like that at UK where some jaywalking tickets might have prevented a couple of accidents.

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She doesn't have to show ID if she is not operating anything or showing anything that requires a license.
If she broke a law she does have to identify herself.

 

I haven't read the article in this post but for some reason I thought she was stopped for jaywalking.

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