Lying is willfully telling an untruth-making excuses and ignoring rules is no such thing-but it isn’t appropriate behavior for an adult.
My husband’s job for 30 years was being a soldier-please do not be sarcastic about, or dismissive of military veterans-it is not what we are talking about here-being a veteran has absolutely nothing to do with what the guy at CB did or did not do.
Tell that to the families of veterans coming to his defense for that very reason. They are playing the veteran card or it wouldn't be mentioned in the news articles.