alt Hacker NewsPaywalled, but what is the actual charge? Is it some extremely generic "obstructing an investigation" one? The US is quite good about making court documents available on line, if someone can find it.
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jeroenhd • today at 12:40 PM
Knowingly providing a PIN that would erase evidence is going to get tough in court.
But the man was also hated by the cops because of his activism. They were going to catch him for something, some day. This incident just provided the necessary excuse to lock him up.
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owlninja • today at 12:39 PM
Here's a gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick...
dredmorbius • today at 3:09 PM
Paywall/archive: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387289>
The article says he was charged with obstruction.
You can try this "gift link" to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick...