This news story about some New Jersey cops not knowing who Bob Dylan was became a conversation topic at work.  Here's roughly how the conversation went:

Coworker: So, Bob Dylan got stopped by a 20 something cop, and he didn't know who he was.  He was just walking around a neighborhood looking at houses before a show.  The cop asked him for identification and called for backup.  Another 20 something cop shows up, also doesn't know who he was.  They end up taking him back to his hotel, where the staff verified who he was.

Me: Why was he stopped?

Coworker: I don't know, it was standard.

Me: So he wasn't doing anything wrong?

Coworker: No, the cops just saw him wandering around the neighborhood and asked him for ID.

Me: I still don't understand why the cops stopped him in the first place.

To me, this is an even more clear cut case of police abuse than the whole Robert Gates fiasco.  From the story, there was absolutely zero reason for Bob Dylan to be stopped, other than "he looked out of place".  Yet, for that reason only, he was stopped by police, detained for some period of time, and then taken against his will away from where he was.

Yes, nobody was tazed, and nobody got beaten.  But at the same time, it shows how this country has become one where "papers please" is no longer a question that people are shocked to be asked.  It would seem that Dylan's only crime was being "in a neighborhood where he shouldn't have been in".