Yep, police can lie to you with impunity, but if you lie to them it's obstruction or some other similar offense. This kind of thing needs to go away. If police

Yep, police can lie to you with impunity, but if you lie to them it's obstruction or some other similar offense. This kind of thing needs to go away. If police are actively lying during and an investigatory stop or during official questioning, they too should get charged with obstruction of justice because they're clearly not out for justice at that point. Until that changes, except for the most trivial things, your best response is I don't answer questions and I want a lawyer.