Some
people just can’t seem to grasp the concept that social media posts
are… social. We see people get themselves in trouble time and time again
for oversharing, but it looks like a new king of poor social media
judgement has just been crowned. Meet Malik First Born Allah Farrad, who
will be spending the next 15 and a half years of his life in a federal
penitentiary because of a single Facebook post.
Farrad,
born Marvin Buckles, was sentenced on Thursday to 188 months in a
Tennessee federal prison following his 2015 conviction of being a felon
in possession of a gun.
The
longtime criminal was last convicted of federal gun and drug charges
back in 2000 after police found firearms and crack cocaine in his
possession. Farrad was released from prison after serving out his
sentence. Before that, he had a long history of arrests and convictions
that began at age 14, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. His
most recent misstep is likely his saddest, however, as authorities never
would have known Farrad was breaking the law had he not posted evidence
on Facebook.
In
2013, the ex-con posted a selfie on Facebook, pictured above, that
showed him holding a .45-caliber pistol and aiming the reflection of its
laser sight at his own forehead. Of course, it’s illegal for a
convicted felon to carry a firearm, and Farrad posted concrete evidence
of his crime on Facebook for all the world to see. Unfortunately for
him, the FBI was investigating him for suspected “illicit conduct” at
the time, and digging through his social media accounts was part of the
investigation.
Farrad’s
conviction on Thursday carried a minimum sentence of 10 years in
federal prison, and judges can tack on additional time — from 5 years to
life in prison — at their discretion. In light of Farrad’s criminal
history, the judge presiding over this case sentenced him to an
additional 68 months without the possibility of parole.
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