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Video starts with cruiser in a Walmart parking lot checking out a black chevy with a busted out back window. Walmart employee asked if its about a drunk or something - cop says "yeah that was the original call"
More cops arrive, look for their suspect. Don't find him. Go back inside, find a guy matching the alleged call's suspect description - white male with curly brown hair and a young child.
They contact the guy, demand ID. Ask if he's been drinking
Man refuses to ID, says he has not been drinking
Pissing match ensues over if he must or must not ID. Man quotes state statute that says he doesn't have to ID unless he's under arrest.
He then gets arrested for failure to ID, they threaten to have CPS take the kid.
Wal mart lady takes temp custody of the kid
They take man into parking lot and stuff him into a car, cops confer, Sgt shows up, talks to the guy. Man is released, no charges filed. Sgt then has to have a talking-to with his minions reminding them that the statute the man mentioned in his initial contact was correct - they cannot arrest for failure to ID, because he's under no obligation to legally ID himself unless he's under arrest. Reminds them that he can't lie to the cops about his ID while detained, but can lie to them in a consensual contact (which this was not)
One of the cops to initially contact the subject, who was in close contact with him, admits to another that he didn't smell alcohol or observe signs that the man was intoxicated, also.
