Deborah Davis was a passenger commuting to work on a public RTD bus that crosses the property of the Federal Center in Lakewood. When federal officers boarded the bus and asked each passenger to produce identification, Deborah declined. She was subsequently arrested, handcuffed, and removed from the bus. Officers from the Department of Homeland Security then issued two tickets accusing her of criminal offenses for refusing to produce identification. The ACLU of Colorado is providing a defense to those criminal charges. Additional informaiton about Deborah and this case is on her web site at www.papersplease.org/davis.
Resources:
- "ACLU lawyers defend bus rider arrested by Homeland Security for declining to produce photo ID when her bus route crossed through the Denver Federal Center," ACLU News Release, November 23, 2005
- "ACLU defends bus rider who refused to show ID," Colorado Public Radio, December 3, 2005
- "Commuting by bus in Denver? Papers, Please," papersplease.org
- "Rocking the Bus," Jacob Sullum, Reason, March 2006
- "We don't need to show our darned ID," Jon Caldara, Editorial, Independence Institute.org
ACLU case number
2005-13
