# A case study in TALKING TO THE POLICE AND HANGING YOURSELF with your own words **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341 "2021-04-03T19:22:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341/84 "2021-04-07T21:25:56Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Let’s ask pkbites and other LEOs. A suspect says they are invoking their 5th amendment right and want a lawyer (human not dog). What do you do? Is it different if you are at their door or if they are in custody? Do you continue to try to get them to “help” you of does that one statement from the person close the door on questioning? Let’s say a co-ed has been found dead. The police have established she was last seen alive at a frat party a few nights back. The police round up the people who were at the party and ask them what they remember about the night of the party. Things like did they know the victim; did they see her leave; did they see who she spent time with; did they see anyone giving her a hard time; etc. Most of the people answer the detectives’ questions. But one student immediately tells the detective that he wants a lawyer and refuses to say anything else. Guess who just moved from being a witness to being a suspect. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341)._