Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.”

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    1 day ago

    Seems like an odd thing to lie about as alleged terrorist activities also give them the right to search the phone.

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      Classic playbook, you’ll see it used everywhere if you look closely.

      Need to decrease public support of someone? Push a fake story out that they abuse kids or had child abuse material.

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        16 hours ago

        Seriously, I don’t think they care one iota about public support on this one. He’s already in front of a judge.