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That would have been a completely different situation though. Even if the pass was written in a note inside his phone case, it's not illegal to have it, right? If your computer has a button that wipes it and a cop presses it, you aren't liable, right?
The issue here is that he told the cop that that button switches the computer on, which is a lie and it shows intent on destroying evidence.
There'll be a chorus of people inexplicably arguing that police get to do whatever they want, until we've lost so much of our humanity it's become illegal to breathe