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Amber Alert announcement on TV a pointless exercise

Last night watching television, several times an announcement flashed across the screen for a so-called Amber Alert informing us that a young girl from somewhere in Texas was missing and listing counties far and wide across the state where she might be with her abductor.No name or description of the girl was given, no license plate for any vehicle - essentially no information was conveyed that might either be helpful to the public or enable the public to help. Basically the announcement served no purpose except to raise alarm in an entirely non-constructive way.This morning I looked up the incident behind the announcement: A 15-year old girl in Fort Worth was abducted by her 16-year old ex-boyfriend who shot her 20-year old companion in the head and forced her into his own vehicle...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 15, 2009 (boomark / email).