When I was 10 years old I had a little 1980 Yamaha 50CC dirt bike that I would ride around by myself, we would play Ninja by jumping off roofs and tight rope walk on barbed wire fences. I'd go for 3+ mile long bike rides to friends houses while my parents were still at work. The only safety gear I ever owned was a helmet for the Yamaha.

Now I have 2 young kids and I can't let them play in the yard alone. Not that they are in any danger, but I do not want to get arrested for allowing my kids to be kids. I have a neighbor down the street who has already come over to talk to us about the "danger" of not supervising them. I have no doubt they would call the police in an instant for not listening to their fear culture advice.

The authors of this paper picked the wrong person to try and play the empathy card with.

An unemployed man that had lost his job in late 2013 for a "Marijuana related" indecent that put him back in prison just happens to have multiple, top of the line, current gen, encrypted cell phones randomly kicking around his car?
That were not stolen..
While parked off of a main street where there were no eye witnesses...
And shot multiple times so even his mother believes it was "some kind of a hit"....

If it was just a random mugging/carjacking he would not have had time to unlock his phone to record. If he was involved in something illegal he probably would not be recording incriminating evidence of himself. So the chances of anything useful being on the phones is slim at best.

I have empathy for the children who lost their father.
I do not have empathy for a man with 6 kids to care for who was involved in criminal activity that has sent them to prison multiple times.

If the best example they could find for the removal of encryption on cell phones is a repeat convict that was most likely killed in some drug/gang related shooting they are really digging deep for an excuse to take away our freedoms.

Normally I'm against any sort of government monitoring, and 2 months ago I would have been an opponent of this use RFID tags, but last month my car was hit by an uninsured driver. It would be nice to get people off of the road that have no business being there before they cause problems.