NYC poker raid?

[jason_t]

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One player who didn't have ID got arrested.

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For what???

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It's illegal not to carry ID.

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Is this really true? I heard this once, repeated it later and was told it's not true.

[dangelo]

I don't know whether it's illegal not to carry ID, but if you're present when a raid occurs and can't identify yourself the police certainly can detain you.

[Beezos]

phew...
i was at the PS playing 1-2NL. i busted out early and left at 10pm. i'm never happy to lose in poker but for once, boy, am i glad that happened... craziness. didn't have my PS ID either, so i could have been one of those players who got cuffed... sucks though. i am gonna miss that place... maybe its a good thing. i live way too close to it...

[Luv2DriveTT]

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I don't know whether it's illegal not to carry ID, but if you're present when a raid occurs and can't identify yourself the police certainly can detain you.

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A person can be arrested and held with no charge if no ID is found, if there was suspected criminal activity. Technically the police can hold the individual until a positive ID is made.

Bezos: I doubt a PS ID would be considered valid by the police.

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[toots]

Once again, our Homeland Security tax dollars at rest.

[jnalpak]

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F[/i]uck.

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b/f i read the rest of this thread i would like to repeat RM's thought....

[censored]!!!!!

[TakeMeToTheRiver]

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I don't know whether it's illegal not to carry ID, but if you're present when a raid occurs and can't identify yourself the police certainly can detain you.

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A person can be arrested and held with no charge if no ID is found, if there was suspected criminal activity. Technically the police can hold the individual until a positive ID is made.

Bezos: I doubt a PS ID would be considered valid by the police.

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Technically the police can hold you for 24 hours regardless of whether are not you have an ID. My assumption is that IDs were checked so that the police could check whether there were outstanding warrants against any of them and to make sure they were not people that were otherwise known to be employees or owners of the club... if someone didn't have an ID it was possible that they were trying to hide their identity, so the police could take them in and check them out... my assumption is that the player without ID was released quickly (assuming he wasn't a wanted criminal).

[Beezos]

this is probably true... in all the excitement of this crazy news, i wasnt reading too closely. i did have proper ID, so i guess it would have been all good, but i lucked out and missed the whole debacle...

i wonder what sort of implications this will have for nyc cash game players. do you think there will me a massive amount of home games popping up all over the 5 burroughs? will people hole up in their homes playing online or mass exodus to foxwooods and AC on the weekends?

[Derek in NYC]

Felony dirtbagness. Who doesn't carry ID? Only dirtbags.

[ononimo]

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Felony dirtbagness. Who doesn't carry ID? Only dirtbags.

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PS was chock full of dirtbags.