Queer SatanicRIP PINAC News (2007 – 2022)
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> It took 15 years but the cops finally succeeded in shutting down PINAC News.
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> But PINAC had long proven that photography is not a crime which was its original mission.
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> And in doing so, Photography is Not a Crime as it was originally called became the first site dedicated to exposing police abuse caught on camera, making plenty of cop enemies along the way.
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> PINAC came to an end on December 28, 2022 after a lengthy battle with Big Brother which began in 2007 after its owner and founder, Carlos Miller, was beaten and arrested by Miami police for photographing them in public.
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> It evolved into a national movement with citizens from across the country challenging police over their First Amendment right to record in public.
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> The movement led to the explosion of police abuse videos recorded by citizens on their smartphones, videos that have sent many cops to prison.
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> The movement also led to pushback from police who spent years arresting PINAC reporters on false charges for recording them in public, only to see the site continue to grow in popularity.
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> In the end, it was Big Tech that killed PINAC on behalf of police; social media companies responding to cop complaints that articles of police abuse caught on video were making officers fear for their lives because readers would leave angry comments and then want to record the police.
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Rest in Power, PINAC News (2007 – 2022)
It took 15 years but the cops finally succeeded in shutting down PINAC News. But PINAC had long proven that photography is not a crime which was its original mission. And in doing so, Photography is Not a Crime as it was originally called became the first site dedicated to exposing police abuse caught on camera, [...]
Duncan Hart