> "One of the officers calls out to me and says, 'Hey, give me your phone,'" recalled Shibly. "And I said, 'No, because I already went through this.'"
The officer asked a second time.
Within seconds, he was surrounded: one man held his legs, another squeezed his throat from behind. A third reached into his pocket, pulling out his phone. McCormick watched her boyfriend's face turn red as the officer's chokehold tightened.<p>This is disgusting as well as terrifying behavior.
As a UK citizen arriving in the US for SXSW I had my phone's text messages searched. It was extremely alarming but what can you do? If you say anything they'll just turn you around and say "see ya". Travelling to the US is a very hostile and stressful experience.