Frankly I don’t believe even you are stupid enough to follow your own advice.
You, an innocent person, come home and discover your child is missing amid indications of possible foul play.
I bet you IMMEDIATELY call the police.
I bet the first thing you do upon discovering your child is missing is NOT thumb through the yellow pages looking for lawyers to interview.
Yes, there are circumstances in which it makes sense for an innocent person not to talk to police without first obtaining legal advice. You are applying the “don’t talk to police” advice to circumstances in which it doesn’t make sense.
Let’s say you see a street thug kill a passerby and take his wallet, and then go running off in a certain direction.
Moments later a police officer pulls up and asks you if you saw which way the killer went.
Do you tell the police officer “I will not talk to you until after consulting an attorney?”
Only a selfish p.o.s. would not talk to the police in that circumstance.
I bet the first thing you do upon discovering your child is missing is NOT thumb through the yellow pages looking for lawyers to interview.
No..., you line that up ahead of time, like a good citizen and one who plans ahead -- if one is smart, that is... :-)
If you look into these things, such as your Constitutional rights, you'll find out that it pays to know these things ahead of time and not try to do your "studying up" of them when something happens... LOL...
You'll have the name and number on speed-dial, already... :-)