Police in da ‘hood
Driving home last night, I came upon a police checkpoint. This checkpoint was in my neighborhood, literally 400 yards from my house. They were doing a driver’s license check.
This bothers me. I feel like there’s no valid reason for me to have to show my license unless I’ve specifically broken the law. As I was not being pulled over for speeding or some other moving violation, I felt as if they had no right to ask me for my license. I asked before handing it over what the purpose was, and was simply told “To make sure you have a valid license.”
It seems too much like a bad movie when you see the KGB (or Nazi’s or some other facisct police state) asking to see your papers. “Prove you’re a citizen and you can be on your way. If you have nothing to worry about, you shouldn’t have a problem showing us your papers!”
Am I wrong to feel this way?