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George Zinn, accused of obstructing justice, was also booked in connection with images on his cell of child abuse

A man who was detained moments after Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk’s killing has been arrested on allegations of trying to thwart authorities by falsely confessing to the fatal shooting.

After being arrested on Monday, 71-year-old George Zinn faces a count of obstructing justice – a second-degree felony – in the wake of Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University (UVU). He was also booked in connection with images on his cellphone depicting child abuse, said state authorities, who took Zinn into custody after he was released from a hospital that was treating him for a medical condition.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 45 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

also booked in connection with images on his cell of child abuse

If true, that's burying the lede lol

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 17 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

"He totally got in our way to bring Kirk's killer to justice. He will pay for this crime...and we also found child abuse on his phone. "

Kind of says all you need to know about the regime’s priorities, regardless of how they bleat about “saving the children” (for grooming and abuse by their buddies behind closed doors, I surmise)

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Wait... Was this the same guy they first arrested immediately after the shooting?

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 29 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but from what I've heard, he's the local red-pilled nutjob that is already known to local police which is why they were totally confused by Patel going on live TV and announcing they "had the shooter in custody" after he was initially arrested after the shooting.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's hilarious. Where did you hear that part of the story?

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

The QAA podcast.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Are they now searching for the kids? Also, Goodbye any weak illusion of privacy we gaslit ourselves into believing we had.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

illusion of privacy

Are you talking about them looking through his phone? Because I don't think anyone is under the illusion that they can't do that when you confess to murdering someone.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

They can't compel you to give up your phone's password or pattern, but they can compel you to open it with biometrics.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why would they need to do that when backdoors are mandated by law, if it's a US company doing business compelled by US law?

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Are they? I know that unlocking a phone and bypassing encryption are different, but I hadn’t heard this before.

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2025/05/governments-continue-losing-efforts-to-gain-backdoor-access-to-secure-communications/

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] Hector@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago

The NSA types have back doors, your local police are not going to be able to get in on that, what they do have is programs that will open up Limitless instances of your password and guess it with a bit of time.