Daily Wire Restarts 'Pawn Shop' Filming in Livingston After Permit Reinstatement Over Renee Good Scene
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 9
Daily Wire Restarts 'Pawn Shop' Filming in Livingston After Permit Reinstatement Over Renee Good Scene
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 9
Summary
Livingston has allowed Daily Wire’s “Pawn Shop” to keep filming after briefly revoking its permit and then restoring it with tighter limits on noise and violent scenes.
The backlash centered on road closures, gunfire sounds and a filmed stunt that residents said echoed Renee Good’s January killing by an ICE agent.
At a city commission meeting, residents said the production gave little public notice and blocked access to the Livingston Food Resource Center during multi-week street closures.
Ben Shapiro said protesters and city officials disrupted a shoot that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per day, while the food pantry’s director said the new permit conditions addressed an access problem.
The film, reportedly starring Danny Trejo and Harvey Keitel, had been scheduled to wrap in Livingston by Oct. 10, though it is unclear whether the shutdown delayed that timeline.