Well, once you “lawyer up” by stating you’ll be waiting for an attorney the police are supposed to let you be until that time as anything they demand from you after that can be dismissed from evidence. I only answer questions that help them direct their on-scene investigation or control, such as pointing out witnesses or where the involved weapons may be found, my name and where my ID is, etc. Helpful but only factual and direct. Descriptions of the scene, events, players, etc are strictly off limits.
that *supposed to* is where i really meant for the call to the EMTs to come in...when they press beyond the bounds...
some say that immediately 'lawyering' is sometimes seen as a defacto admission of something, as *only* the guilty party calls for counsel...
if, immediately after the event, you feel lightheaded, short of breath, and chest tightness, *they* will want to give you room and not risk being considered at fault if you were denied medical treatment, giving time to let the adrenaline come down, and get that counsel, w/o specifically challenging them to *allow* it...
just extra food for thought on the thread...