On: Federal agents make domestic flight passengers show ID to disembark plane

[AckSyn]

"someone committed a robbery in the area"

"someone fitting your description"

"someone reported a suspicious person"

all lies and garbage. they aren't searching for someone specific, and if they were they wouldn't need to ask you for your ID because they'd already know who they were looking for.

else they'd already be detaining you.

[leereeves → AckSyn]

Then why did they stop me when I was out walking?

For the thrill of calmly and politely asking who I was and what I was doing in the area?

[AckSyn → leereeves]

Who knows, but they routinely overstep their boundaries simply because they can and they're used to doing it.