Pix or it didn't happen? OK, then. (Photo: Fox 2 video)
Police should set up a shrine to Silicon Valley tech companies in every local station and bow periodically before it, in gratitude for how the internet makes their job so much easier.
Ricky Finley's YouTube confession (Fox 2 video)
YouTube helped crack a recent case and put an 18-year-old reckless driver in handcuffs.
Fox 2 Detroit reports on a Sunday Funday drifting party broken up by Detroit police.
"I probably had four-five cops that chased me," said YouTuber Ricky Finley, of Romulus. "They don’t got nothing to look up because I don’t have a plate on my car."
That's right, Ricky. Unfortunately, they have something better: Decals on Finley's (you'll never guess) Dodge Charger, advertising his social-media presence. From there, all police had to do was watch the videos and download the evidence.
They paid a call later:
On Wednesday Finley was arrested at his apartment in Romulus, charged with fleeing and eluding. And as for that expensive set of wheels, it is now gone after being towed as evidence.
An 18-year-old kid that somehow afforded an $80,000 or $100,000 vehicle, I hope he can afford court costs to get his car back and fight felony charges," (DPD Commander Eric) Decker said.
It seems the generation who grew up saying "pix or it didn't happen" is learning what that means.
