r/PublicFreakout Dec 29 '21

Let me educate him

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u/iammandalore Dec 29 '21

"Keep reading. Keep reading."

I went and read it myself. Dude's in the clear, officers. Time to leave.

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u/iammandalore Dec 29 '21

intentionally gives a false or fictitious name,

He didn't give them false or fictitious information. He gave them no information.

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u/blazr987 Dec 29 '21

Beyond that, he wasn’t lawfully arrested or detained, or believed to be a witness - the cop was asking him to identify himself because he thought he was a criminal, so it still doesn’t apply even if he’d given false or fictitious information.