Ohio fugitive nabbed after taunting authorities on Facebook

       21 year old Andrew Marcum responded to authorities after they posted pictures of him as the featured warrant of the week. The things he was accused of were included burglary, kidnapping, domestic violence and criminal endangering. His response to the post was "I ain't tripping half of them don't even know me,". His not only gave the authorities his name but also pictures of him and the tattoo spelling out his last name on his back. The authorities with "Andrew Marcum, if you could stop by the sheriff's office, that'd be great,". Sheriff Richard K. Jones then posted a picture of a jail cell that was apparently for Andrew. A day after Andrew's post, the authorities arrested him. The sheriff then posted mugshots of Andrew crying. 

      In my opinion I think it was fair use of social media that the authorities illustrated. Since Andrew posted on the authorities' post, he caused his own undoing and the arrest was fairly made. Even if he had not responded to their post, I think it would have been fair if they had used his account because he made it public. Searching through private records or messages is something I would have a differing opinion on however. The arrest was fair in my view and using social media was a fair way to do so.

      This relates to the class because it has to do with internet privacy rights and the power of the police. Using the internet to make arrests has not been unheard of and is actually quite common. This is what happened in this case. Since Andrew's facebook was public, it was fair information for the authorities to use.