People looooove crapping on millennials for selfies.
First of all, ALL generations did stuff they’re not proud of… other generations just didn’t have THE INTERNET to broadcast it with. AND A BUNCH OF NON-MILLENNIALS TAKE SELFIES. OWN UP TO IT, you GOOBS!
SECONDLY – selfies SAVE LIVES, Y’ALL.
I wrote about THIS life-saving selfie a while back. Now there’s this.
A Texas dude facing 99 YEARS IN PRISON was ENTIRELY CLEARED …by a selfie.
According to Daily Mail:
Cristopher Precopia, 21, was arrested on the morning of September 21, 2017 and accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Temple home, attacking her and carving an X into her chest with a box cutter.
Pretty insane stuff…
The unnamed ex, whom he dated in high school several years earlier, claimed the attack happened the day prior, but Precopia knew he was out of town with his family at the time.
After his parents posted $150,000 bail, a selfie that his mother uploaded to Facebook with timestamp and location was the key piece of evidence to solidify his alibi.
BOOM! SELFIE FOR THE WIN!
‘I had no idea why everything was happening, and I was lost,’ Precopia told KVUE.
He faced a charge of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit other crimes – a felony that carries a 99-year prison term.
The ex-girlfriend alleged the attack happened on around 7.30pm on September 20, 2017.
But Propecia said he was 65 miles away at a hotel in Northwest Austin with family.
So… definitely NOT cutting any x’s into anyone’s chest…
His mother Erin, who says she’s active on Facebook, realized she had posted group selfie right around the time of the attack occured.
‘I’m thinking, ”this is awesome. By the grace of God, she said it happened on the day when I can say totally, 100 percent, where he was at,”’ she told KVUE.
But… why was he even arrested and charged in the FIRST PLACE?!
In most cases, investigators attempt to interview a suspect before filing charges. But in this case, police reports show Precopia returned a phone call to police and left a message, which prompted his arrest.
The ex-girlfriend has not been charged with a crime, but told police that she and Precopia had a troubled relationship when they dated in high school, which she said was the motive for the alleged assault.
SO screwed up. So did she make it all up? Did she carve an X into her OWN CHEST?!
‘I’m ready to actually live my life, the way I want to, without having any kind of worry that this can come back and hurt me,’ he said.
Moral of the story – take more selfies. They make great alibis.