Your ID or your Freedom?

The woman in the picture above is Deborah Davis. Why is she my hero today? Deborah takes a bus to work every day. That bus passes through The Federal Center in Denver, Colorado. When the bus stops at the Federal Center, Federal Police Officers board the bus and check ID's. Deborah complied the first few times but became increasingly disturbed by this practice. She spoke to a lawyer...did some research and then (from Rocky Mountain News article):

"For a few subsequent days, she told the guards she wasn't getting off in the Federal Center and didn't have an ID. They let her stay on the bus.

Finally, on a Friday, a guard told Davis she had to have an ID the next time. Davis said she spent part of the weekend studying her rights and e-mailing Scannell.

That Monday, when a guard asked if she had her ID with her, Davis just said, "Yes."

"And he said, 'May I see it?' " she recalled, "and I said no."

The guard told her she had to leave the bus, but she refused. Two officers with the Federal Protective Service were called.

"I boarded the bus and spoke with the individual, Deborah N. Davis . . . asking why she was refusing," wrote the first Federal Protective Service officer in an incident report posted on Scannell's Web site. The officer was not identified.

"She explained she did not have to give up her rights and present identification," the officer wrote. "I informed her she was entering a federal facility and that the regulations for entrance did require her to present identification, before being allowed access."

"She became argumentative and belligerent at this time," the officer wrote.

Eventually, one officer said, "Grab her," and the two officers took hold of her arms and removed her from the bus, Davis said."

So she was removed from the bus, handcuffed and deprived of about 100 rights...I think she nailed it when she was asked why?

"It's wrong," she said Monday. "It's not even security. It's just a lesson in compliance - the big guys pushing the little guys around."

We here at the Zoo love the little guy...and gal...

Stay Naked.