Apple Stores were among those looted in during protests of police brutality and calls for justice for the murder of George Floyd and other black citizens by
Apple Stores were among those looted in during protests of police brutality and calls for justice for the murder of George Floyd and other black citizens by police forces across the United States. A number of iPhone devices were stolen by individuals that took advantage of the situation to turn peaceful protests into violent riots. Individuals that decided to loot iPhone units from Apple Stores found themselves on the wrong end of a tracked, disabled piece of hardware.
Stolen iPhones showed a message this week, much as they would had they been stolen at any other point in the past from one of a wide variety of Apple Stores around the world. When turned on, an iPhone stolen from an Apple Store will show the following message – or one very similar to what’s shown here:
“Please return to Apple Walnut Street.
