cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/67529
The Department of Justice is trying to prosecute a man allegedly involved in the movement against Atlanta’s Cop City for using a “duress” password on his smartphone that reportedly wiped its contents, in a seemingly unprecedented line of prosecution as the Trump administration expands its methods of criminalizing those with left-wing beliefs. According to The Guardian, the defendant…
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“We tried to violate this person’s fourth amendment rights and failed, so now we want to put them in prison as a warning to others. You have no more rights, you fucking livestock.” - US Department of Injustice
I hope Legal Eagle does an episode on this. All the articles I read are light on the legality of all this. SCOTUS has repeatedly and recently ruled that you don’t have the same rights at the boarder as you do in the interior.
I notice that his lawyers are arguing the 5th and 6th amendments, apparently because the 4th is weaker at the boarder?
So what if you delete before they ask. I guess you could say it was acting up.
weekly formats. “it’s routine, sir.” is a viable defense
I wonder if you could get charged for traveling with an almost empty phone
Maybe they’ll make it a crime not to carry evidence of something they think you should have evidence of.
Federal mandatory social media account
What were the general thoughts on “Burn Bags” before this digital/tech issue came up? If it’s my shit, I’ll choose to burn it or not. My choice. Same goes for cellphones.
is Julian Assange free yet?
Yes, the current Australian PM eventually came and got him.
…but really, Assange was spreading Russian disinformation to help Donald Trump into power… So a pretty dubious character.
Yes, though I don’t suppose he’ll ever be free of surveillance by various countries’ intelligence agencies.
They charge all day to ruin lives, they don’t convict. They earnestly want to convict, but they are failures. Broken system allows them to “win” either way, without consequence.
Here’s hoping for a Nuremberg sequel to get the chuds “just following orders”
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I didn’t even know iPhones had this functionality.
