Trump Administration Cracking Protesters Phones

>> FOLLOWING PROTESTS OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION,
OFFICIALS SEIZED PHONES OF SOME OF THE PROTESTERS AND ARE NOW
TRYING TO CRACK THE PHONES IN ORDER TO CHARGE THEM WITH
CONSPIRACY TO RIOT.
LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT IS HAPPENING.
HOW DO
THEY GET CELL PHONES?
HOW DID THEY ROUND UP THESE PEOPLE?
WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT THEY SEIZED MORE THAN 100 CELL PHONES
FROM DEFENDANTS AND OTHER UNINDICTED ARRESTEES.
>> PROBLEM NUMBER ONE IS THAT THESE WERE MASS ARRESTS.
WHILE I
CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE WRITING AND BREAKING
WINDOWS AND SHOULD BE PUNISHED, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE
SIMPLY COVERING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
JOURNALISTS WERE THERE AND
DOING WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, REPORTING ON THESE PROTESTS
AND WHAT WAS OCCURRING.
AT LEAST ONE OF THESE JOURNALISTS IS NOW
SUING FOR WRONGFUL ARRESTS.
IF YOU ARE DOING THESE MASS ARRESTS
AND INDISCRIMINATELY ARRESTING ANYONE THAT HAPPENS TO BE IN THE
AREA, THEN WE ALREADY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM.
BUT
THEN THEY TAKE AWAY THEIR PHONES, KEEP THE PHONE, AND THEN
PROCEED TO GO THROUGH THE DATA ñ I SEE THAT IS PROBLEMATIC
ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE WAS INNOCENT AND WASN'T THERE TRYING
TO CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE CONTACTS, YOU CAN
MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A BIG DEAL AT ALL.
IF I AM READING IS ON MY PHONE AND READING ARTICLES THAT ARE
ANTI-TRUNK, IS THAT GOING TO BE USED AGAINST ME?
IF I HAVE BEEN
WRONGFULLY ARRESTED FOR COVERING THOSE PROTESTS, AND THEN
THEY ARE PROSECUTING ME FOR BEING A WRITER?
COULD THEY USE THAT AGAINST ME?
>> AS OF NOW, THE DAILY BEAST REPORTS THAT IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN
THESE PHONES.
THEY HAVEN'T REALLY
RELEASED WHAT WOULD BE INCRIMINATING.
>>I FEEL LIKE ANYTHING COULD BE INCRIMINATING.
>>THAT IS THE UNSETTLING FEELING IS.
YOU KNOW MY FASCINATION WITH
TRUE CRIME AND MURDER.
IT FEELS LIKE SUCH A BREACH OF PRIVACY.
>>THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES HERE.
YOU GUYS ARE READY TALKED
ABOUT PENDING EVERYONE TOGETHER BASED ON WHERE THEY WERE.
SECONDARILY, IF SOMEBODY IS DOING PROPERTY CRIMES AND
BREAKING A WINDOW, YES, YOU ARREST HIM FOR THAT.
FACING 75
YEARS IN PRISON?
THEY VERY LIKELY WON'T GET 75 YEARS IN
PRISON.
BUT THOSE CHARGES ARE WAY OVER CHARGING.
SECOND OF
ALL, YOU ARE PUTTING IN A RIGHT CHARGE IN THERE.
IF THE GUY
BROKE A WINDOW, ARREST HIM.
BUT NOW YOU ARE CHARGING EVERYONE IN
THE VICINITY WITH "RIOT", WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.
>>CONSPIRACY TO WRITE SOUNDS A LOT LIKE GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION.
>>THE THING ABOUT LOOKING THROUGH THEIR PHONES AND TRYING
TO FIND AGREEMENT ENDING EVIDENCE ñ THIS IS THE REASON
WHY YOU DON'T LOOK THROUGH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS PHONE BECAUSE
YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY NOT A BIG DEAL BUT YOU
WILL END UP MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO FIND STUFF THAT IS NOT ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
>> ONCE THEY BREAK INTO YOUR PHONE THEY WILL LOOK AT
EVERYTHING.
IT IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.
IF THEY
HAD YOU COMMITTING A VIOLENT ACT, THEN LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE
FOR EVIDENCE IS WAY MORE JUSTIFIABLE.
BUT IF THEY JUST
GRABBED YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN BREAK
INTO YOUR PHONE THAT IS A TERRIBLE VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.
I
WANT THE GOVERNMENT DOING THAT TO ANYONE, RIGHT-WINGERS,
LEFT-WINGERS, OR ANYONE.
FINALLY, IF YOU ARE GOING TO
CONVICT PEOPLE OF VERY SERIOUS CHARGES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT
BETTER EVIDENCE THAN THE GUY WAS WEARING BLACK AT THE BEGINNING
AND
THE GUY
WEARING BLACK AT THE END.
THAT DOESN'T PROVE
ANYTHING.
THAT IS THE WORST CASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, OF COURSE
THEY ARE FREE TO GO, THAT IS NOT PROVING THEIR CASE.
>>I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK POINT ABOUT WHAT I THINK IS
GOING ON WITH THIS CASE.
THIS IS A FORM OF INTIMIDATION.
IT SENDS
A STRONG MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PROTEST AND SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER THAT IF ANYONE HAPPENS TO DO ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY
ILLEGAL OR VIOLENT IN THE MIDDLE THAT PROTEST YOU COULD BE
ROUNDED UP AND COULD FACE SERIOUS CHARGES.
>> THESE
GUYS WHO COMMIT ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE ARE SO
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IT IS MADDENING.
YOU COULDN'T HELP
RIGHT-WINGERS AND TRUMP MORE IF YOU TRIED.
IF YOU ARE A PEACEFUL
PROTESTER, COPS ARE SENDING A MESSAGE, DON'T COME OUT BECAUSE
OF ANYTHING DOES ANYTHING WRONG, WE CAN ARREST YOU AND BREAK INTO
YOUR PHONE.
THAT IS A TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO SEND.

Trump Administration Cracking Protesters Phones

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