No, the point is that choosing to speak to the police, and then going silent, can hurt your case. If he had refused to speak to the police from the get go, then

No, the point is that choosing to speak to the police, and then going silent, can hurt your case. If he had refused to speak to the police from the get go, then none of the evidence of him being deceptive would have been admissible in court. In fact, the officer wouldn't have any evidence of deception, because he wouldn't have talkedto Salinas in the first place.