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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[–] 5 points 2 months ago

I just want to know what a phone can smuggle into the United States.

These search laws are for contraband, large amounts of cash, human and animal trafficking and untaxed goods.

None of that requires unlocking a phone and the if SCOTUS wasn’t a bullshit rubber stamp for the fascists, it would make that clear.

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