Would You Do 44 Days in Jail for Refusing to Unlock Your Phone?
William Montanez maybe an unlikely hero for civil libertarians, but the Florida man — arrested on drug and weapons charges — did 44 days in jail for refusing to unlock his phone for police. Would you endure that to guard your liberties, or perhaps just racy pics of your partner? Should the law prevent police from cracking phones to solve crimes?
What evil was he accused of? What about the speedy trial? It sounds like that police departmenr will be in a heap of trouble!
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On Live PD some officers run dogs around cars even when there was nothing to give them a reason to suspect that there is anything in the car. In one case, the person asked why the officer was running his dog around the car. The officer answered “Because I can.”
One woman was pulled over for a burned out tail light. Granted, that was the third time she was pulled over for the tail light in two weeks. It was also the third time a dog was run around her car. When she was clearly not happy about it, the officer said, “If you don’t have anything in there then you have nothing to worry about.”
I would say that having the police running the dog around her car the third time in two weeks is plenty to worry about. If there was nothing to indicate probable cause, then it would seem that she was being detained without probable cause which would make it illegal.
Also, the justification for running the dog around the car is accepted because the scent of contraband is considered to be in “plain sight.” Having the dog get up close and personal with a car does not seem like “plain sight” to me. I doubt it would be acceptable for an officer to come up to a window on your house and look through a gap in the curtains.
Many of the court decisions that restrict police have come about because of pushing the limits as far they can. I am not a lawyer, but I do believe that the Bill of Rights exists for a reason.
I read somewhere that most money has traces of drugs on it because of being passed around by so many people. I’m sure more than one person has been falsely arrested when a dog reacted to the scent.
Our Founding Fathers intentions were to protect us from the inevitable encroachments of Gummint.
The Constitution is timeless, a masterpiece. The Founding Fathers knew that while times may change, Human Nature NEVER changes. We are hardwired to be selfish assholes. Only a Constitution that appeals to our better angels will defend against that
The company I work for recently MANDATED I install Microsoft Outlook on my PERSONAL PHONE so I can receive/respond to company email ON MY DAYS OFF!
I told then to pound sand.
Updating resume’ and moving back to Florida in 3..2..
THIS is how you defend freedom in Ooooooooooooklahoma:
https://twitter.com/oculi_vindictae/status/1139250262210691074
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Seems from all I’ve heard a call to the NSA should get the police what they want. Unless of course its too much trouble or its not in fact a fact.
Don’t put yer life in a phone!
My auto insurance company offered a discount if I would install a free devise to monitor my speed, location, and even how I applied my brakes.
The agent went into a mild state of shock when I gave her my reply.
I still don’t use a smart phone either, I just resent all of the data collection and overall intrusion into my privacy.
gin blossom JUNE 14, 2019 AT 8:13 AM
My reply was: “Great! When will I be receiving my new smart phone? Will you be paying for the service on it also?”
Don’t own one of those… And refused the present from the kids of one of those “Alexa” things. Wife gave it to her brother as apparently they don’t mind the idea of being monitored. Bad enough I had to paste the post it note over the camera on what I’m typing into.
DMV from 12+ unnamed States, via USAG for those States, willingly turn over and update all photo ID’s. TSA is now using these in a Facial Recognition pilot program (currently in Delta Concourse F), later to be rolled out in other airports.
Re: US v Apple. FBI petitioned the Court to force Apple to turn over code to unlock the San Bernardino terrorists phone. After a lengthy/appealed court case, the govt, just before a ruling, dropped the case.
It was later discovered, FBI thru their “independent contractors” (hackers) had figured out how to breach the phone, whilst continuing to dog Apple in the court. Although redacted in court docs., it’s suspected the FBI agent in charge was none other than David Bowdich (now Deputy Dir FBI, McCabe replacement). New crook same as the old crook.
Terrorists are far less threatening to our freedom than who we now know are the real terrorists – our govt.
But, yeah… scheduled incident, planned ambush, fewer enemies of the people… bad. Orange level bad.