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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I foresee a future movie plot involving parents who don't report their child missing because kidnappers threaten to kill the kid if the cops are involved. The twist...the parents are arrested because they don't notify the police within 24 hours that the child is missing.  Oh the drama that will ensue... |
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I agree.
There are pros and cons to everything. I am not signing this petition. If this law is ever passed, I hope they consider the complexities of it all.
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I'm having a Miss Cleo moment with so many scenarios. People attempting to leave abusive situations with their children, how it will shake out in communities who have a distrust or aren't treated fairly by law enforcement for whatever reason, custody battles. Or the child was killed by the person who is supposed to report so they make up an abduction disappearance story that targets someone and creates problems for innocent people, and that child is still dead regardless of reporting.
I'm pretty sure Law & Order SVU used a Caylee scenario already and with the verdict another one won't be far behind, definitely a Lifetime Movie.
I wish people would have been this moved or impassioned by the dozens of other children who haven't received "justice" and didn't get media attention. This isn't the solution to the problem of violence towards children, but I guess people can feel like they did something
until something else gets their attention.