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The guy called the police because he felt he was being detained. The store 'perhaps' thought he was a shoplifter. He was not randomly approached by a police officer and asked for id. According to the statute buried in one of the blog entries, it sounds like you are required to identify yourself if you are the perp OR the witness (but it sounds like it would have to be a felony....I have no idea what level shoplifting or detainment would be).

Doesn't this make a difference?

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He called the police not as a perp or a witness, but as a victim (whether you agree with he was a victim or not that point). So he got arrested for failing to provide identification as a victim? Hrm...