Again the safest best is to specificaly say “I am invoking my right to have an attorney present” and then “I am invoking my right to remain silent” and then DO NOT SAY ANOTHER W O R D
Also remember: If they have not read you your rights, you have a legal loophole that could get you acquitted.
Remember if they have read you your rights. If they have not, you have been illegally detained and can tell your lawyer this when they arrive. Tell them ‘They have not yet read me my rights’, or if they delayed until the precinct to read your rights, tell them this too. Anything you say before your rights are read to, but after you were detained, becomes inadmissible to a court of law. If they have read you your rights and you asked for a lawyer however, things you say before the lawyer arrives ARE admissible, so say NOTHING AT ALL.
You are also entitled to more than one phone call. Hollywood has taught you that you get ‘one phone call’ and if you didn’t call a lawyer then you no longer get the lawyer. YOU DO. You get more than one phone call, and if you ask for a lawyer they legally cannot continue trying to question you.
IF YOU ARE A MINOR: They are also required to have a social worker present.
INVOKE SILENCE. INVOKE A LAWYER.
These are not things ‘guilty’ people do, these are things that protect you. You have rights. Remember:
POLICE. ARE. NOT. YOUR. FRIENDS.
ALSO
This may vary not just country to country, but state to state. LOOK IT UP BEFORE YOU NEED IT!!!