I would posit that it is a strategy as well, sort of like calling a bluff. If you have committed a crime, let them charge you. If you yell 'lawyer' and they l

I would posit that it is a strategy as well, sort of like calling a bluff. If you have committed a crime, let them charge you. If you yell 'lawyer' and they leave, it is likely you are not chargeable, at least at that time. Might want to google 'lawyers' in the interim though....