If I was questioned regarding an issue that I *knew* I had no part in I'd have no trouble talking to the cops.Without a lawyer.I'm *very* convincing when I'm telling the truth,as are most reasonably intelligent people.But I'm a *terrible* liar and a *terrible* actor so I wouldn't utter a single syllable to the cops if I *was* guilty.Except,maybe,with a prior OK from my lawyer.
Even if you “knew” you were “innocent” of an apparent crime, if the police view you as a credible suspect, it is not in your best interest to talk to LEO without an attorney, especially if the cops start using the Reid interrogation technique. The police are not your friends and are not going to believe what you say regardless. There are people incarcerated right now who believed, as you do, that if your have done nothing wrong, you will not be charged with a crime.