ARREST: BE CAREFUL!! POLICE OFFICERS DO NOT MAKE "DEALS" FOR YOU IN COURT.
OFTEN, THE MAIN [SOMETIMES ONLY] EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT EVER GETS [RIGHT OR WRONG] IS FROM THE DEFENDANT'S MOUTH.
REQUEST [READ: DEMAND] THAT AN ATTORNEY BE PRESENT FOR YOU DURING ANY QUESTIONING. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT DURING ANY QUESTIONING. WHY DO YOU THINK THOSE TWO RIGHTS ARE SO WELL KNOWN?
"BUT, THE OFFICER NEVER READ ME MY RIGHTS" DOES NOT [IN MOST CASES] PROTECT YOU FROM GETTING "CHATTY".
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW [SOMETIMES EVEN MIS-INTERPRETED STATEMENTS]. YOU DO NOT HELP YOURSELF BY EMBELLISHING, POLISHING, OR MISTATING THE TRUTH, EITHER [MY DAD USED TO CALL THAT "LYING"].