Post #50239
2025-12-10 21:15 UTC
Not really, no. You have the right to not give testimony against yourself, including by not providing evidence that would hurt you, but that doesn’t mean you can actively destroy evidence.
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@PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2025-12-10 21:40
Evidence of what exactly? Was a crime previously committed? Was it the officer’s “instincts” that told them so? This is the fun part of authoritarianism, there may have been zero evidence deleted (we don’t know), but now the act of wiping it creates a crime they can charge someone with. Bake him away, toys!