Papers, Please

[andyjackson1828]

Meet Dudley Hiibel. He's a 59 year old cowboy who owns a small ranch outside of Winnemucca, Nevada. He lives a simple life, but he's his own man. You probably never would have heard of Dudley Hiibel if it weren't for his belief in the U.S. Constitution.

One balmy May evening back in 2000, Dudley was standing around minding his own business when all of a sudden, a policeman pulled-up and demanded that Dudley produce his ID. Dudley, having done nothing wrong, declined. He was arrested and charged with "failure to cooperate" for refusing to show ID on demand. And it's all on video.

On the 22nd of March 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Dudley and the rest of us live in a free society, or in a country where we must show "the papers" whenever a cop demands them.

The rest at....

http://papersplease.org/hiibel/

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. They roughed up his daughter too. The odd thing, this is a white guy

Another policeman, a Nevada state trooper by the name of Merschel, was on the scene and was holding the door of the pick-up truck shut so that Mimi couldn't get out. Screaming, she finally forced the door open only to be thrown face down into the hard dirt by the side of the road by Trooper Merschel.

The video is almost too painful to watch at this point. A second trooper climbs on top of Mimi and he and Trooper Merschel brutally pin 17 year-old Mimi to the ground and slap on the cuffs.

Mimi Hiibel was hauled-off to juvenile detention and charged with resisting arrest. In court, her father asked the judge a simple question: what charge was Mimi arrested for resisting? The case was dismissed...

[Jacobin]

2. Good for him, but he'll be the kind to vote repuke anyway

I'd bet on it

[kayell]

5. Just curious why you think so

Can you tell his politics from the way he is dressed? From his sunburn? What? And do you have any notions what party Mimi might be leaning toward?I don't find anything so far to indicate what party if any he or she belong to. And even if he is a repuke, should we not object to the demand for ID without cause for anyone, not just "our kind"?

[grasswire]

3. thanks for posting this

I have heard nothing about this. I hope that constitutionalists everywhere are watching. The ramifications are enormous. If I had posting privileges at freerepublic, I'd put it over there.

And welcome to DU, too!

[tom_paine]

4. And just WHAT do you think the Imperial Court is going to decide?

"Papers, please."

Already over, the verdict already "signed, sealed, and delivered".

It is only a matter of time before Imperial Amerikan Law begins to reflect it's Totalitarian nature.

The Last Vestiges of the Old American Republic can't protect us forever...