Here's why the moments right after a police officer reads you your Miranda rightites are so crucial. The first 30 seconds after the Miranda rightites are read are so crucial. Because if you don't use the word lawyer in those 30 seconds, you're in for the long haul. And this police officer is going to have free reign to ask you anything he wants. And everything you say is going to be used against you in court. Don't make that mistake. The only statement out of your mouth within the first 30 seconds of being read your Miranda rightites is, "I don't talk to the police without a lawyer.