Larry Brinkin, San Francisco gay rights icon, arrested on child porn charges

[Craig_Langford]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/larry-brinkin-san-francisco-gay-rights-icon-arrested-child-porn-charges-police-article-1.1102539#ixzz1yvyRlwE0

Gay rights icon Larry Brinkin has been arrested on charges of child pornography, according to San Francisco police.

Brinkin, 66, best known for fighting for equal rights on behalf of the LGBT community, was booked into San Francisco County Jail on Friday night. He posted bail and was released Saturday, SF Weekly reports.

The San Francisco Police Department seized computers, videos, VHS tapes and a floppy disc from Brinkin and his husband’s home, according to a search warrant obtained by SF Weekly.

[Skittles]

1. run along, Craig

this has already been discussed (sounds like absolute BS)

[cthulu2016]

2. Odd... the story is from 9 days before the OP joined DU.

[Craig_Langford]

3. Is there a general rule against posting stories from before you joined?

If so, I wasn't aware that there was.

[Number23]

4. If he was a disability rights icon, would that be featured so prominently?

If he did what he is accused of doing, then they need to put his ass UNDER the jail. But I don't understand why the headline and first two paragraphs go out of their way to let everyone know that he was a "gay rights icon." That seems incredibly unnecessary and irrelevant to me.

[Craig_Langford]

5. Why do articles involving Catholics mention that they're Catholic?

It just happened to be a part of what he does. If he was an actor or college professor, the title would likely be "Larry Brinkin, actor...," "Larry Brinkin, professor"

If he's guilty I hope he gets what's coming to him, regardless of who he is.

[xfundy]

6. Hey

You like pizza?

[trumad]

7. I reviewed the Ops previous posts...

He doesn't seem to warrant a Pizza. Not yet at least.