Years ago I was down town when suddenly I noticed cop cars conerging towards the back of the parking lot I was walking in front of. Two undercover officers had two suspects handcuffed on the ground. They picked them up and one officer instantly kicked the legs out of one of the suspects sending him tumbling to the ground. He yanked him up and strated screaming at him. At that point of the other officers noticed my friend and I and started yelling for us to get going. I yelled back no and almost instantly the situation diffused and the suspects were put in the vehicles. We were called over and the officer explained that normally he would never treat someone that way, and then proceeded to explain they were doing a undercover buy and when they arrested them they found a pistol gripped sawed off shot gun up one their sleeves. I can fault him for getting mad, but it was clear that they were trying to intimidate from observing their actions when they first yelled at us. Luckily the officers realized they were close to going over the line and stopped.

Asking for ID can sound harmless, but could easily be a move to intimidate someone, as can be seen by the ensuing arrest for no other reason then the refusal to produce it. The moment they start asking for ID anyone with a warrent is definitely out of there. Everyone else starts getting nervous and the officers can do as they please.... unless someone stands up to them.