What type of dope would hand over their phone to the cops without a warrant? Cops can ask to search your trunk, but you don’t have to let them. Seems to me the place to fight this is in court between the victims and the obviously corrupt police. Class action or otherwise.
The type that want to “Get along” with the cops more than defend their rights.
The type that are willing to surrender their rights as they “Have nothing to hide”.
The type who think “Only criminals try to demand privacy rights”.
The type that take their clue from current television programming, which routinely portrays the cops as always being “Right” even when they flagrantly abuse their authority via warrant-less searches, intimidation, torture, etc.
People’s civil rights are violated by “Our” LE routinely.
For a quick example, recall all the “DUI checkpoint’s” which assume driver guilt.
Such violations rarel gets any notice by the media unless they result in a “Technicality” letting some one off for a charge the media/DA insist they were actually guilty of.
I guess the folks that either don’t want to be
1. Arrested
2. Tasered
3. Pepper-sprayed
4. old-fashion beatdown
5. take your pick
Ever deal with cops nowadays...seriously they are out of control and don’t give a damn. Try to enforce your rights and pick 1-5.