Also: it’s disingenuous and intellectually dishonest to take the phrase “fairly conservative candidates such as Clinton” and quote it as “conservative candidates such as Clinton”.

I think the idea that somebody voted for Trump makes them themselves racist needs to stop. This is by and far more about Urban vs. Rural. Who are you going to vote for when your entire town is on the line due to the local mine closure? What about logging? Power plant? Factory? We are talking about multi generational…

Hey, that’s a really good response, thanks!

Does considering Trump a legitimate president count as a racial bias? What a weird world we live in. I’d count him as legitimate even if I voted against him and continue to work against his policies.

I don’t know why you bother writing these long articles when the message is the same in all of them. Just write “All white people are terrible and racist” 6 or 7 times a day and you’re all set.

Ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf? It’s more than an inconvenience. It desensitizes.

I live in a city of close to 3 million people. A text description of a missing person is a colossal waste of time and resources that could be better used elsewhere because police would be inundated with false leads.

Statistically indigneous women and girls were investigated by the RCMP at a same case success rate as non-indigenous women in similar circumstances. The issue is that crushing rural poverty and drug addiction is having indigenous women take to hitchhiking on lonely highways at a far greater rate then non-First Nations…

I don’t get the snark regarding Amanda Seyfried’s eggs. If that’s how she feels, that’s how she feels. I think there’s this narrative surrounding modern women according to which all thoughts and conversations about biological clocks and “baby fever” must be suppressed, lest you turn your feminist card over. But some…

Seems like the headline should be: “So far in 2017, 95 percent of our cases have been closed.”

Fuck you, asshole.

Could you provide context. How does this compare to other large metropolitan areas. Why should we only care about teens in DC? Will this only focus on DC or will it shed light on a real systemic issue in many of our larger cities?

There are very specific criteria for issuing an Amber Alert.

I worked for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for many years. Don’t yell at me; I have no control over the numbers - but 22 missing young women in a city the size of DC is not higher than normal. But that doesn’t make it ok. Police are notorious at treating any missing person over 13 as a runaway…

I am finding that sex trafficking of these kids are muddying my views on drugs and sex work. When it comes to sex work I am fine with it all being legal. Although areas where it seems to be legal also have issues of sex trafficking and so on. With sex trafficking going on my gut reaction is that we should crack down…

I worked in an anti-trafficking agency for many years, since before it was even called trafficking. I agree that at least some of these children are involved in trafficking, because statistically that’s likely. I agree there needs to be more concern about the disappearance of any child. I agree it’s a failure that it…

so, this is actually what happens every year in dc. and the vast majority return home. so what’t he difference? why are we hearing about this so much now? it’s because the dc police have increased their usage of social media to bring attention to those missing.

All cases should be taken seriously and have the needed time and resources dedicated to investigation. However, as the MPD and other officials have noted, there is not a random uptick in cases plaguing DC. In fact, statistically the number is lower than in previous years. I live in the DMV and the media coverage has…

agreed.

Just out of curiosity, why would you not think this was terrorism even if you didn’t know it was Parliament (giving you the benefit of the doubt that you somehow missed that fact)? Man, probably men, intentionally runs over civilians, crashes car into government building, then jumps out and starts stabbing police…