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Police Request Shut Off of Armed Woman's Social Media Accounts During Fatal Standoff

posted by n1 on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the status:-it's-complicated dept.

takyon writes:

Facebook temporarily disabled the social media accounts of a woman who was posting video of her own standoff negotiations with the police:

Baltimore police shot and killed Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old black woman, after an hourslong standoff on Monday — during which Facebook and Instagram, at police request, temporarily shut down Gaines' accounts. [...] Police Chief Jim Johnson says Gaines was posting video of the standoff to social media as it was unfolding, which prompted police to request the deactivation of her accounts. Gaines' Facebook page is now reactivated; it does not have any videos visible to the public. On Instagram, one video apparently recorded during the standoff remains. [...] A second video, now deleted, showed a police officer with a gun drawn at Gaines' door. Facebook and Instagram have not responded to NPR's requests for comment.

[...] "Gaines was posting video of the operation as it unfolded. Followers were encouraging her not to comply with negotiators' requests that she surrender peacefully," he said. "Clearly, you can see this was an exigent circumstance where life and serious injury were in jeopardy." After a short period of time, Facebook (which owns Instagram) complied and deactivated the accounts. No data was deleted, Johnson said. Police do not have the authority to directly deactivate a social media account, Johnson and the spokeswoman both said. Facebook decides whether to comply with such requests.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jdavidb on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:19AM

    by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday August 04 2016, @04:19AM (#383927) Homepage Journal
    Look, I think citizens should be sovereign - does that mean the police should be permitted to come shoot me? What if I think drugs should be legal?
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  • (Score: 2) by jimshatt on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:58AM

    by jimshatt (978) on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:58AM (#384006) Journal
    Why do you think the police came to shoot here because she thought that citizens should be sovereign? That is a bit of a stretch, if not outright trolling.

    • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:45PM

      by jdavidb (5690) on Thursday August 04 2016, @12:45PM (#384037) Homepage Journal

      I don't think that. But I misread the poster I was replying to to be suggesting that nutters like sovereign citizen types deserve what they get. No more posting after 11:00 PM for me!

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