Careful what you post to Instagram or you might end up a criminal

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A woman in Montreal saw some graffiti depicting a police officer getting shot, took a picture of it, and posted it to Instagram.

She then got charged with criminal harassment and was just found guilty of the charge and is facing up to 6 months and $5000 fine.

This is for taking a picture of artwork she had no hand in creating and posting the picture onto the internet.

I would expect this to happen in China or North Korea, not in Canada.

here's the story
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...g-anti-police-graffiti-on-instagram-1.3046134
 
This is the exact reason I like BC. That's fucked up. I hope she has all the charges dropped because that is some bull shit. We need to get rid of Harper.
 
I wont pretend like I have a deep knowledge of the law or prior cases similar to this, but could this type of thing happen in the US?
 
13409111:Willgum said:
I wont pretend like I have a deep knowledge of the law or prior cases similar to this, but could this type of thing happen in the US?
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I may be wrong but As far as I know, no. Not in a criminal court at least. Freedom of speech applies to what you post on the internet as well.

Maybe just maybe officer Lafreniere could sue in a civil court (this is America of course he could). But no criminal charges could be put on her. I mean considering some of the stuff I have personally seen posted, a picture of graffiti of a cop being shot would definitely be overlooked.

Like I said I may be wrong
 
The title of this thread should read "careful posting death threats to police officers on instagram".

This girl is dumb and getting what she deserved, from what I understand it wasn't so much the posting of the picture but what she said under the picture, which included the officers full name and something like "we're going to kill". Common sense...some people just don't have it.
 
13409128:onLINE said:
The title of this thread should read "careful posting death threats to police officers on instagram".

This girl is dumb and getting what she deserved, from what I understand it wasn't so much the posting of the picture but what she said under the picture, which included the officers full name and something like "we're going to kill". Common sense...some people just don't have it.
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I don't know if this is true, but the article says that she did not even know who the officer was when she posted it.

Direct quote from article, "Pawluck testified in late February she posted the snap to the photo-sharing social media site without even knowing who Lafreniere was."
 
13409148:onLINE said:
Here's a better article for yah bud. Everyone in mtl knows who that cop is, shes full of shit. Apparently she didn't know how to spell his name right, even though it was in the picture...so she went and edited it to make sure it showed the correct spelling of his name and tagged different police pages in it. She was asking for it.
http://montrealgazette.com/news/loc...ssment-for-image-of-montreal-cop-shot-in-head
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well, CBC decided to leave those details out. That definitely changes things and I can see how that could then be construed as a threat.
 
13409139:bnewbs6 said:
I don't know if this is true, but the article says that she did not even know who the officer was when she posted it.

Direct quote from article, "Pawluck testified in late February she posted the snap to the photo-sharing social media site without even knowing who Lafreniere was."
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thats only part of the quote.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...police-graffiti-on-instagram/article24096405/

"Pawluck, now 22, testified in late February she posted the snap without even knowing who Lafreniere was. She conceded the image was not “peaceful” in nature but that she’d sent it as a statement against police in general – not one officer in particular."

"His name was scrawled on the graffiti and his name spelled two different ways was among the hashtags added by Pawluck, including an anti-police tag #acab – which stands for all cops are bastards."

"A smirking Pawluck left the courthouse repeating ”no comment” as a friend shielded her from cameras. Her lawyer, Valerie De Guise, also declined to speak."

this isnt just some girl, she is apparently a known and active member of the student protests, and this girl didnt JUST post a photo to instagram, she posted a photo of a particular police officer being shot in the head very graphically, including his name, anti police sentiment, and apparently had posted multiple other images with threatening and violent messages towards police.

dont get me wrong, posting something to instagram shouldnt end up with criminal charges, but in this case, it wasnt JUST a post to instagram, and from the looks of it, she knows what she did and shes proud of it.

tldr: shes a dumb bitch who knows she isnt innocent, cause she isnt
 
Isn't this common knowledge? If you post pictures of you doing something illegal on the internet, well don't be surprised if something happens.

If she posted a bunch of shit about fuck the cops and then a picture of somebody getting their head blown off and a whole rant message and stuff, that's a little different than posting a picture of graffiti on the webz.

There's generally more to these stories than comes out at the start. I'm sure it'll be shared a billion times n facebook though either way.
 
great, another "news" story that chooses to not include important pieces of information. I'm getting more and more bothered by all these news sources and media outlets essentially censoring and manipulating facts in order to paint a picture. That's basically lying to the people and should be a fucking crime.
 
13409111:Willgum said:
I wont pretend like I have a deep knowledge of the law or prior cases similar to this, but could this type of thing happen in the US?
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no in america they shoot the graffiti artist before anyone can take a picture
 
13409981:DeebieSkeebies said:
great, another "news" story that chooses to not include important pieces of information. I'm getting more and more bothered by all these news sources and media outlets essentially censoring and manipulating facts in order to paint a picture. That's basically lying to the people and should be a fucking crime.
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"woman posts picture on instagram, what happens next with shock and appall you!"
 
13409981:DeebieSkeebies said:
great, another "news" story that chooses to not include important pieces of information. I'm getting more and more bothered by all these news sources and media outlets essentially censoring and manipulating facts in order to paint a picture. That's basically lying to the people and should be a fucking crime.
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It's all about headlines. "News" these days has more in common with the tabloids than any decent journalism.

E news is even worse. It's all about those clicks, doesn't fucking matter beyond that as long as people click.
 
13410366:theabortionator said:
It's all about headlines. "News" these days has more in common with the tabloids than any decent journalism.

E news is even worse. It's all about those clicks, doesn't fucking matter beyond that as long as people click.
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The British news still comes out on top, their print media headlines are top lvl banter.

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