Man arrested for allegedly wiping his Google Pixel before a CBP search

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In brief: A man has been charged with destruction of evidence after allegedly erasing the contents of his phone before a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent could search it. It’s unclear why CBP wanted to search Atlanta-based activist Samuel Tunick’s Google Pixel.

Tunick was indicted by a grand jury on November 13, and an arrest warrant was issued the same day. It says that on January 24, he knowingly destroyed the contents of the Pixel phone for the purpose of preventing or impairing government authorities from taking the property into their custody…

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