[trumandogz]

The Miranda Warning appears to be very clear"

You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand?

Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand?

And from the best I can tell, Mel's statement was written into a police report and thus entered into the Public Record.

So, entering a statement into the Public Record is in fact a Public Statement.

[dsc]

Have you no shame?

Is there no length to which you will not stretch to avoid giving this man a fair shake?

No fair-minded person on the face of planet earth would call that “making a public statement.”