George Zinn, accused of obstructing justice, was also booked in connection with images on his cell of child abuse
A man who was detained moments after Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk’s killing has been arrested on allegations of trying to thwart authorities by falsely confessing to the fatal shooting.
After being arrested on Monday, 71-year-old George Zinn faces a count of obstructing justice – a second-degree felony – in the wake of Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University (UVU). He was also booked in connection with images on his cellphone depicting child abuse, said state authorities, who took Zinn into custody after he was released from a hospital that was treating him for a medical condition.
Are you talking about them looking through his phone? Because I don’t think anyone is under the illusion that they can’t do that when you confess to murdering someone.
They can’t compel you to give up your phone’s password or pattern, but they can compel you to open it with biometrics.
Why would they need to do that when backdoors are mandated by law, if it’s a US company doing business compelled by US law?
Are they? I know that unlocking a phone and bypassing encryption are different, but I hadn’t heard this before.
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/05/governments-continue-losing-efforts-to-gain-backdoor-access-to-secure-communications/
Maybe
The NSA types have back doors, your local police are not going to be able to get in on that, what they do have is programs that will open up Limitless instances of your password and guess it with a bit of time.