Originally Posted by
chucky
Two weeks ago I was stopped by the police and asked for ID. When I said I didn't have any my wallet was searched and my ID was removed without my permission. I was not informed that I was a suspect for any crime nor did the officer claim to be investigating any particular crime and I kept asking "Am I breaking the law? Am I free to go? If I'm not breaking the law then I should be free to go", but the officer's only response was "no you are not free to go". My privacy and my right to walk down the street without being harassed was violated and there was nothing I could do about it.
Sure there's something you can do about it. You can take the police department to court. That's your recourse. I'd sure be doing it. You at least have illegal search and seizure, and probably unlawful detention (don't know what the legal term for it is) since you were not being held on suspicion of anything in particular, it sounds like they were just fishing, or didn't like the look of you.