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Post by IggyWiggy on May 18, 2015 17:04:15 GMT
 A politically-charged Instagram post has led to a criminal conviction for Jennifer Pawluck, a 22-year-old Canadian student. In 2013, Pawluck shared a photo of a paste-up depicting Montreal police officer Ian Lafrenière, lead officer for communications and media relations for the department, with a bullet in his head. Pawluck was arrested shortly after sharing the photograph with the hashtags "#IanLafreniere" and "#acab," short for "all cops are bastards," to her 81 followers. She was accused of posting the anonymous work with the intention of harassing Lafrenière, a charge she denied. Last month, Quebec court judge Marie-Josée Di Lallo found Pawluck guilty of criminal harassment, and on May 14 handed her a suspended sentence, with 18 months probation and 100 hours of community service to be completed within one year. Pawluck could have faced up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. "Many of my friends do not like the police," Pawluck told Huffington Post Québec at the time of her arrest. "I thought it would be funny to put the picture on Instagram. I do not even know who he is."  As part of the terms of her probation, Pawluck is banned for a year from using Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (except for private messages), the Globe and Mail reports. In handing down her verdict, Di Lallo told Pawluck that in the future, she should be wary of the consequences “that a simple click" can have. news.artnet.com/in-brief/canadian-student-instagram-conviction-299365 |
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Post by dungle on May 18, 2015 18:39:53 GMT
Mental. Better watch out dread  |
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Post by Dr. Plip on May 18, 2015 19:11:12 GMT
A politically-charged Instagram post has led to a criminal conviction for Jennifer Pawluck, a 22-year-old Canadian student. In 2013, Pawluck shared a photo of a paste-up depicting Montreal police officer Ian Lafrenière, lead officer for communications and media relations for the department, with a bullet in his head. Pawluck was arrested shortly after sharing the photograph with the hashtags "#IanLafreniere" and "#acab," short for "all cops are bastards," to her 81 followers. She was accused of posting the anonymous work with the intention of harassing Lafrenière, a charge she denied. Last month, Quebec court judge Marie-Josée Di Lallo found Pawluck guilty of criminal harassment, and on May 14 handed her a suspended sentence, with 18 months probation and 100 hours of community service to be completed within one year. Pawluck could have faced up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. "Many of my friends do not like the police," Pawluck told Huffington Post Québec at the time of her arrest. "I thought it would be funny to put the picture on Instagram. I do not even know who he is." As part of the terms of her probation, Pawluck is banned for a year from using Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (except for private messages), the Globe and Mail reports. In handing down her verdict, Di Lallo told Pawluck that in the future, she should be wary of the consequences “that a simple click" can have. news.artnet.com/in-brief/canadian-student-instagram-conviction-299365I'll visit you in Canada prison IggyWiggy. |
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Post by IggyWiggy on May 18, 2015 19:13:04 GMT
A politically-charged Instagram post has led to a criminal conviction for Jennifer Pawluck, a 22-year-old Canadian student. In 2013, Pawluck shared a photo of a paste-up depicting Montreal police officer Ian Lafrenière, lead officer for communications and media relations for the department, with a bullet in his head. Pawluck was arrested shortly after sharing the photograph with the hashtags "#IanLafreniere" and "#acab," short for "all cops are bastards," to her 81 followers. She was accused of posting the anonymous work with the intention of harassing Lafrenière, a charge she denied. Last month, Quebec court judge Marie-Josée Di Lallo found Pawluck guilty of criminal harassment, and on May 14 handed her a suspended sentence, with 18 months probation and 100 hours of community service to be completed within one year. Pawluck could have faced up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. "Many of my friends do not like the police," Pawluck told Huffington Post Québec at the time of her arrest. "I thought it would be funny to put the picture on Instagram. I do not even know who he is." As part of the terms of her probation, Pawluck is banned for a year from using Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (except for private messages), the Globe and Mail reports. In handing down her verdict, Di Lallo told Pawluck that in the future, she should be wary of the consequences “that a simple click" can have. news.artnet.com/in-brief/canadian-student-instagram-conviction-299365I'll visit you in Canada prison IggyWiggy. Cheers, can you bring some tea bags and marmite please |
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Post by Dr. Plip on May 18, 2015 19:21:45 GMT
Cheers, can you bring some tea bags and marmite please There'll be plenty of tea bagging for you. Edit: And it's Poutine, not Marmite you'll be needing. |
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Post by IggyWiggy on May 18, 2015 19:28:37 GMT
Cheers, can you bring some tea bags and marmite please There'll be plenty of tea bagging for you. Edit: And it's Poutine, not Marmite you'll be needing. Your fantasies are running away with you again professor, I imagine you're already penning an appropriate pic to go into your 'personal' collection PS - lol at poutine, had to google that one |
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Post by dot on May 19, 2015 12:08:21 GMT
that's current canadian society/culture for you.
now if that happened in Q wa tar - and the person was royalty - you'd be in serious trouble... mental / physical...
in the uk .. depends on where you were.. if it was a senior police person in rotherham .. you'd probably get a bit of support...given their recent.. performance in tracking organised child exploitation..
what say you folks in the us ?
for example
nyc
and
ferguson (in the uk folks think of a scottish bloke called alex.. famous for hairdryers !!)
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 13:09:48 GMT
Tis quite weird that she picked a specific person though and named them. So you can see why she fell foul of the law. Eg if it had just been a cop then she would probably not even been spoken to. But she used an image and specific name with a bullet through his head which was quite stupid really.. Eg how do you think his family, kids etc felt if there were paste ups round town of their dad with a bullet through his head or other kids at school showing them the Instagram
So must say I am not that sympathetic to her
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Post by someonesbrain on May 19, 2015 13:34:51 GMT
Tis quite weird that she picked a specific person though and named them. So you can see why she fell foul of the law. Eg if it had just been a cop then she would probably not even been spoken to. But she used an image and specific name with a bullet through his head which was quite stupid really.. Eg how do you think his family, kids etc felt if there were paste ups round town of their dad with a bullet through his head or other kids at school showing them the Instagram So must say I am not that sympathetic to her I understood this differentially. She didn't pick anyone. She just took a pic of a paste up (done by someone else unknown) that she found on the street. And she reported about it by putting it on IG. That should make a huge difference ... at least as long you are not in China or North Corea. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 14:28:19 GMT
Tis quite weird that she picked a specific person though and named them. So you can see why she fell foul of the law. Eg if it had just been a cop then she would probably not even been spoken to. But she used an image and specific name with a bullet through his head which was quite stupid really.. Eg how do you think his family, kids etc felt if there were paste ups round town of their dad with a bullet through his head or other kids at school showing them the Instagram So must say I am not that sympathetic to her I understood this differentially. She didn't pick anyone. She just took a pic of a paste up (done by someone else unknown) that she found on the street. And she reported about it by putting it on IG. That should make a huge difference ... at least as long you are not in China or North Corea. Ahh sorry then my misunderstanding I thought she did the paste up and then put it on Instagram. Which is completely diff if she did not do the paste up. So ignore my post above people. Thx someonesbrain. |
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Post by skendo1 on May 19, 2015 15:50:37 GMT
It appears the student was convicted of criminal harassment under section 264 of the Canadian criminal code. This section states:
(1) No person shall, without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) that causes that other person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to them.
(2) The conduct mentioned in subsection (1) consists of
(a) repeatedly following from place to place the other person or anyone known to them;
(b) repeatedly communicating with, either directly or indirectly, the other person or anyone known to them;
(c) besetting or watching the dwelling-house, or place where the other person, or anyone known to them, resides, works, carries on business or happens to be; or
(d) engaging in threatening conduct directed at the other person or any member of their family.
Presumably, the student was convicted of violating subsection(d).
The term "threatening conduct" has been defined under Canadian case law as "a tool of intimidation which is designed to instill a sense of fear in the recipient." The test for this element is an objective one---that is, it requires the judicial fact-finder to determine that a reasonable person would find the criminal defendant's actions threatening. And, from the very minimal description of the facts of the case, I am surprised that anybody would think that this student's artwork could reasonably create a sense of fear in the subject of the piece such that using the coercive power of criminal sanctions was an appropriate response.
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Post by sake on May 20, 2015 8:17:50 GMT
All in all, she did recieve a mild sentence.
On the other side, you could say that she is reporting what she saw, she only wrote exactly what was on the wall with a picture of it.
Wouldnt a war photographer do the same?
Or a reporter taking pictures in Ferguson?
The person doing the mashup could be said to harass, the person spreading the information could also be said to harass. That would be more of an ethical and judicial decision.
I would say that this puts the Canadian freedom of press in a bad light.
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