As a guy who spent four months in county pretrial detention on three felonies and a misdemeanor and no bail, I do speak for myself. I didn't speak to the police and lawyered up and I spent 119 days in jail. The next time, the FBI came; this time, I was suspicious but not actually involved, and I carefully spoke to the FBI without a lawyer and remained a free man. It's almost as if there's more to it than the Fifth Amendment.
And yeah, if you're riding a warrant, you probably shouldn't give your name to a law enforcement officer. That's called being stupid, and if you think it's shady to have your name run when a peace officer interacts with you and knows your name, you have some case law to read. That's their job. Witness details go in the same exact system.
I get the gist of the advice but I'm tired of seeing knobs on YouTube with their phone out recording an officer while shouting "I invoke my rights!" over and over again, and I think part of it is the way this advice is interpreted.
And yeah, if you're riding a warrant, you probably shouldn't give your name to a law enforcement officer. That's called being stupid, and if you think it's shady to have your name run when a peace officer interacts with you and knows your name, you have some case law to read. That's their job. Witness details go in the same exact system.
I get the gist of the advice but I'm tired of seeing knobs on YouTube with their phone out recording an officer while shouting "I invoke my rights!" over and over again, and I think part of it is the way this advice is interpreted.