Nor would it surprise me if he and/or some of his associates are profiting from it somehow.

over a month ago. I bet that's some of the "dirt" that is being so strongly protected.

That must be part of Putin's Kompromat stash against this president.

The other part no doubt has something to do with Ivanka, and that Electra complex of hers.

Exactly.
And that's what Putin wants.

And it may be exaggerated in part due to the way that the information was provided in a press release by the Michigan State Police. Police agencies, while certainly necessary to public order, do have political and public relations interests.

What appears to have mainly happened here is an administrative housecleaning of files which were not properly closed.

It's really not a matter of the story not being "gruesome enough" for me. It is that someone apparently has tried very hard, and succeeded, in making the work of the Michigan State Police in closing these files, out to be something quite a bit more heroic than is reasonably supported by the facts.

I just wonder why that might be.

And as for the the three who "admitted to it", that would also seem to go beyond the facts actually stated in the piece.

Like I said, I hope they find the help they need.

It sure as fuck wasn't just file management to the kid who hadn't eaten in three days, or the 3 kids who said stuff in their interviews suggesting they were trafficked.


But hey, you can poo poo this all you want. You are obviously sure of your reasons.

I hope they are reunited with loving family or friends and are able to get help. I hope the people responsible rot in jail.

or trafficked. I interpreted that as meaning they were runaways or something along those lines.

The headline is incredibly misleading, though


*edit* Oh, I see it wasn't even that. They just didn't update their record. This is gonna be some great fodder for the "pizzagate" crowd.

This wasn't 123 children recovered from human trafficking.

This was 123 children someone reported missing. Three of the children showed signs of sex trafficking/sex victimization.

They don't give details on what was going on.

The other 120 could be 17 years old and fleeing from bad home situations and staying at a friend's house. There's no real details.

"Participating officers were given the case files and began investigating their whereabouts by visiting last known addresses, friend’s homes and schools in hopes of finding them in a safe place."

Then... "123 were identified and recovered safely during the operation. All 123 children were physically located and interviewed"

So... these weren't 123 children all held together by a human trafficking ring. They were 123 separate people who were located, interviewed and not actually reunited with family or anything like that. If they were young kids then they would have said they were reunited or something.

They have clicks to capture...

I thought it was common knowledge since 1880 that headlines rarely, if ever, allow the entire story... or even particulars of it.

Maybe not.

Well, now you know. So there's that.

To get the actual details it required reading the actual report located elsewhere. Although, in their credit they did at least link to it in the story.

What is evident is they were all runaways or reported missing. And at least three indicated in interviews they may have been involved in sex trafficking. They were all listed in missing children files.

These kids definitely need help, either as sex trafficking victims or as runaways who may be fleeing abuse, or suffering substance addiction. One kid said he hadn't eaten in 3 days.


Sorry the story did not have enough gory facts for you.

The missing information does not make this story true. Where were these people found, where were they from, and the ages. This story has missing facts which needed to be told. I think many of the people were run always who attended school and were not truly MISSING. Good story, but fake news because of the missing information........

At first it seemed to me that they were all found together in one place, being held by sex traffickers.

But reading between the lines, it seems like they are kids who have left home and are living out on the streets or in various places and a scant few are being sexually victimized.

This doesn't sound like a new phenomena, just a new technique of rounding them up and bringing them in.

Some DUers get upset when I link to articles in Reason. If they don't like it, maybe they should change the channel.

Here's another post for them to alert on.

VeryHiddenGeniusHat Retweeted:

Holy fuck. Update!: all but 4 of the "123 missing children" found in this "sex trafficking operation" WERE NOT ACTUALLY MISSING. Cops just hadn't updated their databases

Link to tweet

And few people will look past the headline.

and interviewed all the kids by the afternoon.

I am glad they found the homeless kid who hadn't eaten and the three kids who were being trafficked.

But if this can be done in the course of a work day, why the hell wasn't it done before this?

What the hell is the deal with this?

Lack of resources, and lack of will.

They started with 300 or so, and found 120+ in one day. We don't know anything about the remaining 180.

I know that's not literal, but really! If almost half were this easily found, what is going on here? Three of those children were being trafficked and one hadn't eaten in three days. Imagine what they could have been spared if this had been done before!

And, yes, that alone is awful.

But this is the kind of misinformation we will be dealing with in the days leading up to the election.