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In reply to the discussion: Alabama abduction: Boy still held in underground bunker [View all]SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)6. because they can't call attention
to the fact that law enforcement has basically allowed this man to terrorize his neighbors for decades because his rights to be menacing were far more important than the rights of that community to feel safe. He most likely could have been snatched up under the patriot act, but God forbid a dangerous white male gun owner with a history of menacing behavior be labeled as a domestic terrorist... now, an innocent 5 year old boy has to suffer trauma and terror in a dirt hole in the ground with this man because of their inaction.
It's clear that children really aren't worth protecting when it comes to law enforcement.
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Another psychopath who should have been permanently institutionalized decades ago
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#2
Perhaps not, but he needed some psychiatric care whether he wanted it or not.
Chorophyll
Feb 2013
#38
Right, he should have been involuntarily committed or charged with assault and imprisoned
FarCenter
Feb 2013
#42
It may be wise to limit media coverage of this case, but Fox News is ignoring it for another reason.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#40
Oh, Liz. At least they care very much and I hope they can save him from this beast.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#50
The difference between this situation and a child falling down a pipe or the balloon boy story
onenote
Feb 2013
#36
I don't think there was any. The man just wanted a child as a shield. He'd tried to grab others,
freshwest
Feb 2013
#51
It would interfere with Headline News' obsessive coverage of the Jodi Arrias murder trial.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#23
Viet Nam war was 1959-1975 and there are many vets still around. He is 65 and could easily be one.
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#35