Hi!

There are NOT lots of child abductions in Detroit, or anywhere else in the US, for that matter.

I REALLY HATE how the media has pushed this child/stranger abduction "problem". It got so bad than my CEO didn't want my kids walking alone in GRB from school to her work.

The number of abductions is almost 0, and it is LIGHT YEARS better than in the "good old days" when there was much less security than today.

I don't have exact numbers, but I would estimate there are between 5-10 child/stranger abductions PER YEAR in the WHOLE US!

Almost all the milk-carton photos and post office photos of missing children were taken, illegally, by one of their parents or other family members.

When an Amber Alert goes out, of one abducted child, millions of people find out almost immediately, which is the whole point.

How many stranger abductions were there in the US per year in the 1820s? In Europe in the 1500s? In the Middle Ages???

Ratings are #1 to TV new shows, and pushing the "problem" of child/stranger abductions is a good way to increase viewership and money.

Let's not add to the un-substantiated media frenzy!

cliff
NBO