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IANAL, so take this with the requisite grain of salt, but the justice system has the power to be real dicks about how the right to a lawyer has to be invoked[1]. I would go with a very explicit request for a lawyer.

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/11/02...

Ah, Louisiana, the state that pioneered the right to a jury trial for misdemeanors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_v._Louisiana

This is absolutely bonkers

There's a bit of a stigma, in the U.S. at least, that if you ask for a lawyer, you must be guilty. Probably comes from too much propaganda type television.

Asking for someone who understands law to come and help you is a very smart move.

If you explicitly tell the cops that you are invoking your right to remain silent and request that your attorney be present, they have to immediately stop questioning you until your attorney is present. But you don't get that by simply being silent, saying "lawyer" repeatedly, etc. You have to explicitly say it.

Apparently "I want a laywer dawg" doesnt count.

Not sure if it also happened in a movie, but that's definitely from a scene in Better Call Saul.