#fourth amendment

Potential Constitutional and Due Process Violations

Police failed to read Mangione his Miranda rights upon detention and questioned him after he invoked his right to remain silent. December 9, 2024, a Fifth Amendment issue of the right against self-incrimination.

The warrantless search of his backpack at the scene and later at the police station violated his rights. December 9, 2024, a Fourth Amendment issue of unreasonable search and seizure, making any evidence found the "fruit of the poisonous tree."

Police broke the chain of custody by repacking the backpack, with key evidence only appearing on the inventory after it was taken off-camera. December 9, 2024, a Fourth Amendment issue of evidence integrity and chain of custody.

Mangione faces simultaneous prosecution in three different jurisdictions for the same crime. December 17, 2024, a Fifth Amendment issue of protection against double jeopardy.

The prosecution team listened to a recorded, privileged conversation between Mangione and his lawyer. April 25, 2025, a Sixth Amendment issue of the right to counsel.

Public statements about seeking the death penalty were made for political reasons, violating due process. April 1, 2025, a Fourteenth Amendment issue of due process violation from political interference.

Prosecutors illegally obtained his private medical records using a fraudulent subpoena. May 23, 2025, a Fourteenth Amendment issue of due process violation from prosecutorial misconduct.

Other Prosecutorial and Trial Issues

A highly publicized and politicized "perp walk" was orchestrated, tainting the potential jury pool. December 19, 2024, a prejudicial publicity issue.

Prosecutors deliberately released excerpts from his private journal to bias the public against him. December 10, 2024 - ongoing, a prosecutorial misconduct issue.

For the terrorism charge, the evidence does not support the required element of intending to intimidate a civilian population. December 17, 2024 - ongoing, a statutory charge issue.

It's some deep garbage and has very suspicious timing.

Of course, when this law comes into play it will target open-source projects like Linux and even GrapheneOS with thousands of dollars worth of fines for each affected user exposed to software without age verification, which under the Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.500. a user is defined as "a child that is the primary user of the device" regardless of if you let a child use the device or not. Some bullshit right? This law is attempting to make the term 'user' synonymous with a human person under the age of 18.

Of course, this law which is coming into effect January 1st 2027 is going to require age verification checkpoints at the OS level. It will not just be limited to PCs or laptops either. It will target video game consoles, phones, smart TVs, and other IoT devices. It will ask you to upload government identification or biometric scans to prove age, along with age verification software that tracks your internet history to match it up with the ID presented. On phones, it will ask for age verification before allowing you, the owner of the phone, to download an app.

What this is going to do is shut down the legal ways for people wanting to escape this madness of constant tracking and having their data sold. Quite frankly, it's pissing me off.

The timing couldn't be more convenient either, right? People leaving Windows in a mass exodus, GrapheneOS coming under fire, and people leaving AI-implementing or age-verifying websites en masse. Not to mention social media is becoming a warzone for political revolutions and destroying the oligarchy. More and more people are getting fed up with this joke of a democracy and are willing to share it online. Do you think this new law is going to just stop in California? Or to protect kids?

My friends, it is a poorly disguised attempt for mass global surveillance to lock up dissenting voices and quell the coming revolution while at the same time making it illegal for open-source projects that care about your rights to continue existing. Apple, Google, and Microsoft can afford to implement this software and are actively lobbying (throwing money at politicians) to get this manner of law passed because it actively benefits them.

Not only that, but age verifying software is hacked all the time with this data being involved in massive breaches. Want to use an Onion browser through Tor? No longer private. Want to use a VPN (whatever good it does lol)? Waste of time. ProtonMail? Forgettaboutit. Want to side load a version of Tor called Tails onto a flashdrive and boot it up for your own personal private OS that uses working memory only instead of the hard drive and can be accessed via a bridge from a country that doesn't support age verification while simultaneously bypassing the existing computer's OS but leaving it untouched? Probably going to be illegal in the near future.

Oh, and I forgot to mention but this age verification software data can and will be freely given to law enforcement personnel upon request. I am not a criminal by any means, I just value the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution--a document I feel a lot of politicians conveniently forget.