Florida police try to unlock phone with dead mans finger during funeral

if someone can actually dig in to this more, i'm curious if they did this at the actual memorial/viewing, at the funeral, or just because it was there.
 
The cops are the ones responsible for the guy being in the funeral home. And it was for the offense of, "driving away" before they had a chance to search him. What evidence could they have been seeking? Their action looks like a CYA attempt gone wrong.
 
if someone can actually dig in to this more, i'm curious if they did this at the actual memorial/viewing, at the funeral, or just because it was there.

They did it at the funeral home; but the funeral was not being conducted at that time.
The body was there, in preparation for the funeral.

Bourbon just drew the conclusion that it HAD to be during the funeral; because the body was AT the funeral home. :palm:
 
LARGO, Fla. -- Florida authorities went to a funeral home and used a dead man's finger to try to unlock his cellphone as part of an investigation.

Thirty-year-old Linus Phillip was killed by a Largo police officer last month after, authorities say, he tried to drive away before an officer could search him.

At the funeral home, two detectives held the man's hands up to the phone's fingerprint sensor, but could not unlock it.

Phillip's fiancée, Victoria Armstrong, says she felt violated and disrespected.

Legal experts mostly agree that what the detectives did was legal, but they question whether it was appropriate.

Charles Rose, a professor at Stetson University College of Law, tells the Tampa Bay Times dead people can't assert their Fourth Amendment protections because you can't own property when you're dead. But those rights could apply to whoever inherits the property.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-use-dead-mans-finger-to-try-to-unlock-his-cellphone/


Legal or not; couldn't the Police have found a more appropriate time to do this search?

Say, like before or after the [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]funeral, it's not like the guys is going anywhere soon. [/FONT]:palm:[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT]

your article does not say it happened during the funeral....do you have something to back up your claim?......
 
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