I think there might be a legal issue where if they say "lie" they need to be able to prove intent to deceive or get sued. It's dumb but that could be the reason behind the wording.
Dude has a weapon and threatened people with it and cops were like "Alllrighty mister, unfortunstely Im going to have to ask you to come with us". Why were they so gent.....
We stole a No Dumping sign for our college bathroom. Really fixed the Feng shui