Amber Alert
October 6, 2016
PAUL A. writes:
The case of Lisa Miller is a reminder of why I cannot take any interest in Amber Alerts. Amber Alerts are nation-wide now, and are meant to help provide information on kidnappings, with the intent of finding the child quickly. They are marketed as fighting a crime by some shady pervert in a raincoat. The vast majority of them, however, involve a non-custodial parent whose child is accompanying them with full cooperation. Pretty much anytime an Amber Alert gives the color, make, model, and license plate of a car, you can be sure it is a custody dispute.
If you respond to an Amber Alert, you might be helping to send a child to the woman in this story, or back to the heroine-addicted mother of the four-year-old in the “White America” post from a week or so ago. Since I lack the wisdom of Solomon, I just stay out of it.
