# I hate the oppressive police culture in the USA **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-oppressive-police-culture-in-the-usa/698534 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [September 15, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-oppressive-police-culture-in-the-usa/698534 "2014-09-15T04:14:02Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 41
### Author: ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink) #### Post date: [September 15, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-oppressive-police-culture-in-the-usa/698534/41 "2014-09-15T12:50:40Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I hate it, probably the number one thing I hate about the USA. People in the USA, random law abiding citizens make sure they never leave the house without ID in case they are stopped randomly by police even if they are not driving. > > Does anyone who has only lived in the USA realize how insane that is? How utterly insane? Do they realize most other countries citizens would laugh at such an absurd suggestion? Haven’t you posted [this same thread before](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661822), and been told that your perceptions are totally at odds with many other people’s? > [@What is with the US obsession with showing ID cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-the-us-obsession-with-showing-id-cards/631255/1): > > One cultural thing I noticed after leaving the USA is the obsession among law enforcement and the private sector for asking for ID all the damn time, seriously it is crazy how common it is in the USA. I used to get quite a kick out of saying I don’t carry ID, which can be dangerous and lead to arrest. Being a pedestrian in the USA is begging for a cop to pull over and ask you for ID I have never once been asked for ID by a cop, nor have I seen anyone else be asked for ID by a cop, except maybe at a traffic stop. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-the-oppressive-police-culture-in-the-usa/698534)._