Chapter 1539 Why are you checking our ID?
Xiao Peng never imagined that the police would come to his door for his first meal in Houston, and the reason for their visit was an unprovoked disaster.
Here's what happened: the neighbor to his right was holding a party, with dozens or even hundreds of young men and women partying there.
Xiao Peng was used to this. His Luna had been hosting parties every day during this voyage, and listening to music and watching beautiful women eat here was more relaxing, wasn't it? So he didn't think anything was wrong.
Moreover, this community has obviously taken the issue of parties into consideration. The houses and buildings are basically kept at a distance of about 30 to 40 meters. The noise here is also much less, so Xiao Peng did not care about those who organized parties.
But Xiao Peng didn't care, but his neighbor on the left couldn't stand it anymore - the old white man went straight to the community manager to complain about the neighbor on his right who was holding a party, saying that the noise from his neighbor on his right was too loud.
When the community administrator came to Xiao Peng to verify, Xiao Peng told the truth: he thought the sound was acceptable.
This is indeed the case. The distance between the two is almost more than a hundred meters. What can you hear?
When the community administrator couldn't resolve the issue, the middle-aged white man called the police and asked them to handle the matter. He also did something that was quite disturbing to Xiao Peng's worldview: he ran to the door of his neighbor on the right and used an app on his phone to test the decibel level.
In this residential area, there is a "quiet time" rule every night, which means that the noise level cannot exceed 50 decibels between 10 pm and 7 am. But now the noise from the party on the right has exceeded 70 decibels!
But even if it was 70 decibels, it was less than 50 decibels at Xiao Peng's place, let alone at his neighbor's left? So this old white man didn't measure the decibels at his own home but went to someone else's door? Isn't this clearly asking for trouble?
The police, of course, didn't listen. They took a meter and tested both Xiao Peng's house and the old white man's. Xiao Peng's house was less than 50 decibels, let alone the old white man's. Of course, the noise level at this party exceeded the standard, so the police gave both sides a slap on the wrist—the neighbor on the right was told to lower the noise to under 50 decibels, and the neighbor on the left was told to go home and stop causing trouble and wasting police resources.
After all, this is a wealthy neighborhood. The security gap between wealthy and poor neighborhoods in the US is huge. Those who can live here are basically either wealthy or wealthy. Who knows what kind of backgrounds these people have? The police can't afford to offend them. So, in these neighborhood disputes, they usually choose to smooth things over.
Logically, that's how it should be, right? The old white man was very dissatisfied with the result. He turned around and said something to the police. Two policemen came directly to Xiao Peng and his family's yard and asked them why they were having a barbecue there!
Xiao Peng was completely confused. What did "Why eat barbecue here" mean? This is Texas! Is there anyone in Texas who doesn't eat barbecue?
What the hell does this mean? Do you think they are easy to bully?
Hmm… they do look easy to bully: they’re all wearing the shorts, T-shirts, and slippers they picked up at Costco today. Of course, they’re just being comfortable at home! Do they really think we’re easy to bully?
Two white policemen came up to Xiao Peng and the others and said, "Please show us your ID or proof of residence!"
Van der Laupe stood up and said, "Officer, wait a minute, our ID is in the room, I'll go in and get it!"
Xiao Peng stopped him and asked, "Van der Laupe, where are you going?"
Van der Laupe replied, "Boss, I'm going inside to get my ID!"
"Take shit!" Xiao Peng looked directly at the police and said, "They don't have the right! The only thing they can do now is get out of this yard and get in the car and leave, or I swear to God! I will make them take off their police uniforms and study law at home!"
"What did you say?" A policeman became furious and was about to reach for the stun gun and handcuffs at his waist.
Bruch frowned when he saw this scene, and his hand had already quietly reached for the wine bottle at his feet, ready to take action at any time.
But Xiao Peng wasn't nervous at all. He took a bite of a skewer of meat and said, "Bruch, just sit there quietly. If they pull out handcuffs or a stun gun, I'll make them study law in prison! They have no right to investigate our identities! Officer, you're entering this yard to investigate. Do you have a search warrant?"
Honestly, if the same situation happened in Daxia, Xiao Peng would immediately hand his ID to the police, but this isn't Daxia, it's Texas! Xiao Peng naturally has a way of making them itchy all over and unable to find the itch!
After hearing this, a police officer said directly: "We don't have a search warrant!"
Xiao Peng shook his head after hearing this and said, "You broke into someone's house without a search warrant and you're still checking our IDs? There's no need for us to show you any IDs! If you don't have a search warrant, please get out of here! I'm already talking to you nicely, don't test my patience!"
"I'm talking to you nicely!" the policeman became furious after hearing this.
Xiao Peng shook his head. "I'm sorry, officer. I didn't see you talking to me nicely. I only saw you barging into someone else's yard without a search warrant and asking for our IDs! Now I want to ask you - on what basis? What crime do you suspect us of that requires us to show you? Think carefully before you answer. Look, there are at least dozens of cell phones recording what's happening here right now."
The young people having a party nearby were all holding their phones to record what was happening here - they were naturally angry about being disturbed during their party, and they were also happy to see the police get humiliated, so they were all there holding their phones to record it, and some even directly broadcast it live.
The police officer who saw this scene was afraid to use violence. One of them said directly: "You have violated the law and violated the 'unable to verify identity' clause in the Texas Penal Code."
"Yes! You have violated the law! We can arrest you!" Another policeman immediately became excited.
Xiao Peng then said calmly, "According to Section 2 of Article 38 of the Texas Penal Code, 'failure to verify identity' is a crime: if a person is lawfully arrested for a crime and intentionally refuses to reveal their name, address, or birthday to the police, they are committing a crime. If a person intentionally provides false identification to the police, that is also a crime. Do you understand? The premise is that we must have committed a crime and been arrested before we need to provide you with our identification. Now I need you to answer another question: Have we committed a crime for you to check our ID?"
Now it was the two policemen's turn to be confused. What on earth was this guy? A lawyer?
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