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In a filing, prosecutors have said that they are currently extracting data from locked phones seized from over 100 alleged rioters:
In new filings, prosecutors told a court in Washington, DC that within the coming weeks, they expect to extract all data from the seized cellphones of more than 100 allegedly violent protesters arrested during the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Prosecutors also said that this search is validated by recently issued warrants. [...] "All of the Rioter Cell Phones were locked, which requires more time-sensitive efforts to try to obtain the data," Jennifer Kerkhoff, an assistant United States attorney, wrote.
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Data From the Phones of Over 100 Alleged Inauguration Rioters to be Extracted
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A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Sunday March 26 2017, @01:17PM (6 children)
Nice to see. That's how it's supposed to work.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @02:12PM (3 children)
And if Soros is behind it?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday March 26 2017, @09:39PM (2 children)
Burn Soros, naturally. If it can ever be proven that he is paying rioters to riot, it would fall under racketeering laws. RICO act, I think it is . . . lemme double check . . .
he Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization.
Most jurisdictions also have laws against inciting riot. Of course, those laws don't have any real teeth, compared to RICO.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @03:55AM (1 child)
Fake News.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 27 2017, @06:57AM
Oh, really?
How about, you are partisan, and you choose which storied to believe, and which to not believe. Soros is dirty, like the Koch brothers are dirty. Soros stirs the cesspool in the US, the Koch brothers stir the cesspool in Ukraine and eastern Europe.
WTF did you think people DO with all that money? Leave it in the bank to draw interest? Soros amused me after Trump's election, when he lost some billions, betting against the market. He tried the same thing that more "conservative" investors did when Obama was elected, and lost.
But, whatever, you continue believing that Soros is benevolent. I know that he would sell all of us to the highest bidder, just like the Koch brothers, if he could get away with it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @07:19PM
Don't be naive.
Celibrite or another has already unlocked all those phones by now.
What they say and what they do are two completely different things altogether!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @11:25AM
What exactly is happening here that's "how it's supposed to work".
These phones were seized/stolen months ago, without any warrants. If these people were 'violently protesting' then I assume the cops have evidence of that BEFORE they arrested all of them and before starting to seize property. Since they are still called 'alleged rioters', no such evidence probably exist, hence the phishing expedition on the phones. Yes, they are "doing it by the book", but that's just to make sure whatever they can come up with next will 'stick'.