IANAL but as I understand it, you can't be forced to identify yourself even to law enforcement *now*. Seriously.
There are places they won't let you enter without "valid ID", and if you are driving a car or flying a plane or the like, they can demand to see your operating license.
But if you are just on the street, there's no requirement whatsoever to even *carry* ID. As cops get reminded of the hard way every few years.
Refusing to ID yourself carries with it some penalties, as annoying cops is never a good idea.
Fingerprints (and DNA and other things) are going to be a real problem though. If things get to the point where you are arrested, they *need* a way to unambiguously ID you if you get away or the like.
So they have to do *something*. And it cuts both ways. It may be the only way to prove that the guy they captured *isn't* [well known super].
Only things I can think of are either maintaining seperate supper and "civilian" fingerprint databases (and we all know how well *that* would work) or doing something like using foot prints for supers and fingerprints for norms.
As a *practical* matter, it's likely not that workable.
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Date: 2010-12-14 06:01 am (UTC)There are places they won't let you enter without "valid ID", and if you are driving a car or flying a plane or the like, they can demand to see your operating license.
But if you are just on the street, there's no requirement whatsoever to even *carry* ID. As cops get reminded of the hard way every few years.
Refusing to ID yourself carries with it some penalties, as annoying cops is never a good idea.
Fingerprints (and DNA and other things) are going to be a real problem though. If things get to the point where you are arrested, they *need* a way to unambiguously ID you if you get away or the like.
So they have to do *something*. And it cuts both ways. It may be the only way to prove that the guy they captured *isn't* [well known super].
Only things I can think of are either maintaining seperate supper and "civilian" fingerprint databases (and we all know how well *that* would work) or doing something like using foot prints for supers and fingerprints for norms.
As a *practical* matter, it's likely not that workable.