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Taken down at gun point at Greenlake today.

Difdi

Difdi

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rapgood said:
Be careful. Not giving your name and giving a false name are two very different things. If you invoke your 5Am rights, you must specifically say that you are doing so. See, e.g., Salinas v. Texas, 133 S.Ct. 2174 (2013). This is not and cannot be obstructing an officer. However, giving a false name can easily lead to a charge (and likely conviction) of obstructing a police officer.
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I've heard (though I've never seen an actual case cited) of incidents of people identifying themselves by a nickname (Bob in place of Robert, for example) and getting charged with this. If the officer really wants you, the more you say to him the easier it gets for him.
 
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