THE US IS CHARGING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN FOR WIPING HIS PHONE AT THE BORDER

The government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a "duress password" that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th,… Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images.

The Verge reports that the government is prosecuting US citizen Sam Tunick for allegedly providing authorities with a "duress password" that wiped his phone when they tried to seize it at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport on January 24th,…

The report adds: Federal agents detained Tunick at the airport, allegedly questioning him about child exploitation images.

However, a motion filed by Tunick's lawyers argues this was simply "a pretext for a fishing expedition into Mr Tunick's connections" to the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta.

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