You're a tin foil hat dummy.Standard police procedure to secure all cell phones.Here is some interesting reading. . .
Why would they confiscate CELL PHONES? What is up with that?
Why did they take the phones? Also, why were there no photos from any of the students or the faculty? I'd like to see any photos taken by a student during this event, not because I'm a sicko, but because it would help me believe this is real. Aren't kids snapping photos and videos of crap all the time? Yet there are absolutely no photos to be found from inside the school during the event.
I scoured the internet for hours looking for some shred of evidence that would prove to me that this event actually took place as described by the news. The result was two photos. These photos were described as being GRAPHIC CONTENT. Um, these is not graphic at all. A few spots of blood on a sheet thrown over a non-bloody body.
Oregon Shooting - Student's cell phones were confiscated before students were marched out to buses and evacuated • /r/conspiracy
The Oregon Shooting at Umpqua College. Here are some immediate red flag questions
Sherrie Questioning All: The Oregon Shooting at Umpqua College. Here are some immediate red flag questions
CP's could be used to detonate a bomb.
To contact other shooters or conspirators.
To preserve any evidence on cell phones.
'Sherrie' needs to seek mental help.
So do you.
WRONG.
W/O a warrant, the police have no right to your electronic device.
https://www.eff.org/issues/know-your-rights
Your computer, phone, and other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. This sensitive data is worth protecting from prying eyes, including those of the government.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures, and this protection extends to your computer and portable devices. But how does this work in the real world? What should you do if the police or other law enforcement officers show up at your door and want to search your computer?
EFF has designed this guide to help you understand your rights if officers try to search the data stored on your computer or portable electronic device, or seize it for further examination somewhere else. Keep in mind that the Fourth Amendment is the minimum standard, and your specific state may have stronger protections.
You know NOTHING about crime scene investigations.
In the course of a crime scene investigation the police/FBI/HLS can legally seize/confiscate ANYTHING they reasonably believe to be part of the crime scene.
That's why they can confiscate the keys of ANY vehicle they reasonably believe may provide evidence.
If your car is parked in the same parking lot as a car which turns out to be involved in say a bank robbery the police WILL tell YOU when you can drive your car away........or not.
In this case the student's cell phones were confiscated b/c there may have been evidence on them.
Wise up pal.