Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Washington

It depends. If a police officer has a reasonable articulable suspicion that you are committing a crime or about to commit one, then the officer may stop you and ask for identification. However, if he has no reasonable articulable suspicion that you've done anything, or if his sole criteria is that you are asian in a non-asian neighborhood, or that you are driving an old car in a rich neighborhood, then that is not allowable.

Each case is fact intensive, meaning the specific facts of each case are unique and determine whether a stop is reasonable. If you are considering bringing suit for an unreasonable stop in violation of your civil rights, I suggest you pay for a consult with a local civil rights attorney and present your situation in detail. They will tell you if they think you have a case, and they may even agree to represent you on a contingency basis.