From the Richland Police Department's Facebook page:
On 1-9-18 at 4:20 pm we received a 911 call of a possible car jacking at Walmart, fortunately there was an off duty Police Officer nearby and our other Officers got to scene very quickly. Within a few minutes of talking with all the subjects involved Officers determined the 5 individuals were shooting a video of a fake car jacking to post on YouTube to boost their social media accounts. All 5 individuals where arrested 2 adults and 3 juveniles, they where charged with disturbing the peace. The video is an interview with Chief James and WJTV.
Good way to get shot by someone who thinks it might be real.
14 comments:
This is disturbing. And I was sitting here enjoying the peace.
Can't stand these small town cops in Missisippi. Quit harassing these folks. They made a mistake, move on and let that be the end of it. These people don't need a criminal record for attempting a YouTube vid.
Who wrote that and where (were) did they attend grammar school?
Distrubing on so many levels, but primarily because they were making a video of a (fake) act of violence, I assume a felony, to enchance their social media status. Carjacking, fake or not, enhances one's status?! Very sad commentary on their intelligence and values as well as those of their friends/community.
This is why I hated that reality show where a fake robbery or carjacking happens and the bystanders' reactions are filmed. I believe ABC, CBS or some other network filmed it. An episode was actually filmed at Babalu a few years back. Luckily, it being the Fondren and no one knowing how to defend themselves or fire a gun, the fake perp got away unharmed.
Stupid, yes. But should they really be arrested and prosecuted criminally? Seems like a waste of limited resources when there are serious violent crimes that go unsolved.
People will do anything to be famous these days. Plenty of YouTubers out there doing increasingly outrageous things in the hopes of getting "likes" and "subscribers" to their channels. Last year a YouTuber died attempting to take a bullet while wearing a protective vest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdrPQ6BSfM).
That is not a crime. The Richland PD overreacted.
Disturbing the peace is a misdemeanor and appropriate for their actions. It could have gone wrong in so many ways. They put themselves and others at risk for a UTube video?
NOT A CRIME? What if one of these idiots had panicked at the sight of police cars and tried to escape at a high rate of speed and hit an innocent person's car and killed one or more people?
If they were white, RPD would have slapped them on the wrist but because they're black they must be arrested, tried convicted and given a criminal record. Richland PD = racism at its worst.
The fact that someone called 911 involves the police department. They weren't hanging around waiting to arrest someone. I assure you, the officer that responded has no desire to do the paperwork on these idiots, but because the call was made they have too. Social media, while it does have positive aspects, is destroying a generation. What if a good Samaritan saw this and helped by shooting the "perpetrator"? What if officers had?
@10:14 - That would be a crime. What they actually did was not.
The biggest crime is that chief not doing a men out of their uniform calendar, for fundraising, of course. You know, to help feed the homeless. He’s a hottie.
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