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His phone may contain evidence of criminal negligence either as an actor ( things didn’t happen as he said) or as a producer ( the negligent hiring of an incompetent armorer ).
(Armorer is now suing the ammunition supplier. Guess her attorneys figured out that claiming sabotage wouldn’t get her too far since that was something her procedures should prevent.)
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I was curious as to why his phone would be important.
Some thoughts:
I don't blame him for making them get a warrant. I wouldn't give mine over without one in this day and age of hacks and leaks.
And one lawyer suggested that he's made specific statements regarding what happened that have painted him into a corner in terms of how he can defend himself. There are pics of him on his phone right after the incident. The police may want to see if he texted anything that contradicts that.
No idea if it will be admissible if he's charged.
Just hand over the phone when you are done deleting images and texts.
His phone likely has a lot of numbers of contacts that don't deserve to become public if leaked not to mention sensitive info of
some of those contacts.
Otherwise, it becomes a “general warrant” — an unconstitutional and unfettered opportunity for police to explore one’s phone — browsing history, financial information, contacts, communications with loved ones or lovers, etc.
The police would first need probable cause to search for information on Baldwin’s phone that is likely to contain evidence of criminal wrongdoing. For instance, assume a set worker (cooperating witness) told police that Baldwin, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, was texting various people directing them to give a false narrative to the police. Assume further that this set worker’s phone an inbound text message from Baldwin corroborating the witness. The police could get a search warrant to inspect Baldwin’s texts and phone logs, limited in temporal scope relevant to the day of the shooting.
with a text from Baldwin asking to skew the narrative of the shooting with a text.
But if there was that type of evidence found on another cell, wouldn’t that be enough for investigators to compel Baldwin to hand over the phone or be the recipient of immediate jail time until the phone is turned in? Also wouldn’t a text in itself be evidence he did try to tamper with the investigation all without the need for his phone, lead to jail time anyway?
I guess this is why it’s a media circus.
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…they are hoping to find Kim Bassinger’s private number.
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Do you trust the investigators?
Why do you ask the question?
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Ah…never mind.
43+k to 33+k.
Got some work to do Ned.