Apologies in advance to the OP for taking the thread further off-track.
I presume you refer one of my comments. I'm sorry if this makes you "feel like a second-class citizen," but in no way was I invoking any privilege, nor attempting to "defuse" a personal issue. Apparently, my post was not clear -- the woman was threatening to call 911 to report me as having physically struck her dog with my stick. In any situation where a party is getting ready to call law enforcement and report me as a possible suspect in a crime (misdemeanor cruelty to a domestic animal), you'd best believe it is my obligation to identify myself (as well as facilitating communication for the RP to speak to a supervisor to mediate the dispute).