"While D.C. police has said there has not been a spike in missing persons cases in the city, their increased use of social media to immediately tweet out the images of people reported missing has had some in the community fearing there was an increase of children going missing."
It's like the milk carton campaign for missing kids. They stopped it because they said it was scaring the children while they ate their cereal in the mornings.....
I've always though that it's a totally fucked up system to allow labeling a kid as a runaway, as an excuse to basically stop looking for them.
Many so-called runaways, probably did legitimately run away from home, but there is no way to convince me that we should treat them as capable of making good decisions. Many of these kids are 12-16 years old, which is simply NOT an appropriate age to determine if you should live at home or not.
99% of the time a kid who runs away willingly at age 16 or under, will end up far worse off than what they intended. So why should our Law Enforcement be able to use that as an excuse to stop looking?
"WASHINGTON - Critics are raising questions about whether the new social media push by D.C. police to raise awareness about missing children in the District is doing more harm the good.
While D.C. police has said there has not been a spike in missing persons cases in the city, their increased use of social media to immediately tweet out the images of people reported missing has had some in the community fearing there was an increase of children going missing."
So, the citizens are just hysterically overreacting to a misperception.
Nothing to see here, folks. THAT is the message here.
PawnsInTheGame ago
Newsham is feeling the heat from the last town hall meeting and must be in damage control.
remedy4reality ago
ohhhhhh... So Virginia doesn't lead the nation in missing children ( per cap ) but they lead the nation in runaways ?
got it
Malignment ago
"While D.C. police has said there has not been a spike in missing persons cases in the city, their increased use of social media to immediately tweet out the images of people reported missing has had some in the community fearing there was an increase of children going missing."
Long term huge epidemic confirmed
WhyAserverWasBuilt ago
It's like the milk carton campaign for missing kids. They stopped it because they said it was scaring the children while they ate their cereal in the mornings.....
SayWhatNOWAY ago
Now that it is out, they are trying to suggest that this is normal, and most are just run aways! Keep tweeting and posting folks! Save the Children!
pizzaequalspedo ago
I've always though that it's a totally fucked up system to allow labeling a kid as a runaway, as an excuse to basically stop looking for them.
Many so-called runaways, probably did legitimately run away from home, but there is no way to convince me that we should treat them as capable of making good decisions. Many of these kids are 12-16 years old, which is simply NOT an appropriate age to determine if you should live at home or not.
99% of the time a kid who runs away willingly at age 16 or under, will end up far worse off than what they intended. So why should our Law Enforcement be able to use that as an excuse to stop looking?
equineluvr ago
"WASHINGTON - Critics are raising questions about whether the new social media push by D.C. police to raise awareness about missing children in the District is doing more harm the good.
While D.C. police has said there has not been a spike in missing persons cases in the city, their increased use of social media to immediately tweet out the images of people reported missing has had some in the community fearing there was an increase of children going missing."
So, the citizens are just hysterically overreacting to a misperception.
Nothing to see here, folks. THAT is the message here.
MyNameIsLuka ago
Those dastardly, trouble-making CITIZENS are to blame!