Sunday, September 28, 2014
When Committing Felonies, Posting Them on YouTube is . . . Well, Stupid
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES could this kind of thing ever be considered a good idea? Just how stoned do you have to be?
A pot-loving Youtube star led Las Vegas cops to his door after posting videos of his marijuana-growing operation online, police said. "This is my Las Vegas garden," user Buddynuggets78 said in one video as the camera swept across row after row of pot plants. "I have moved to Las Vegas, and this is my 12,000-watt room at the moment." The oversharing weed farmer loaded a dozen videos, racking up more than 1 million views—including more than a few from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department.
As of Sunday afternoon, the hundred-odd videos have disappeared off of YouTube, perhaps at a lawyer's recommendation. There's an old chestnut about locking barn doors after horses escape, but perhaps the YouTube generation doesn't have much experience with barns. Maybe we need a new metaphor: "Taking down the incriminating videos after they've arrested you."
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/cannabis_law/2014/09/when-committing-felonies-posting-them-on-youtube-is-well-stupid.html
