The new reality
I wrote the other day about how email and its viral messaging helped capture a couple of criminals in the hood. The speed at which information was going around surpassed anything the Times Picayune or Channel 4 news could deliver. Then this week, a couple was on their way to a Mardi Gras parade, something their neighbor knew because she read it on their Facebook page, and so when she saw a strange man jumping the fence to their yard, she instantly called the police and the emails went in full motion and text messages were sent to the couple and then many police showed up with the canine unit and chased the perp and caught him! Seems he has a rap sheet that’s pretty long.
Now that is the new reality – text, email and Facebook saved the day – that and a neighbor.