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butterbombyesterday at 10:24 PM1 replyview on HN

> Hot take: AMBER alert is a way to keep the public paranoid about child abduction by strangers, an evil but extremely rare act

I thought they were mostly custody style kidnappings anyway.


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pc86yesterday at 10:34 PM

They almost entirely are, 90% plus. And they're incredibly rare even including those, which you shouldn't.