Father charged with abducting his own children

	posted by Matt on 12:38 PM December 22nd, 2004
	CJ writes "Story here. A Father is held in jail with a $100,000 bail set for 'abducting' his own children from state social workers - while his wife, who is divorcing him and has accused him of abuse is under treated for depression and other mental illnesses. An Amber alert was activated so the entire police force in his state was notified of this event. The article paints this man as a monster, likely he was just fighting for his right as a parent. The tone of this article (in typical feminist fashion) makes this man look like a monster and depicts the social service programs as a solution. Since when is an Amber Alert supposed to be used on fathers?" Click "Read more..." for excerpts.

	Some excerpts: 1. The abduction came a day after testy court appearance for this father. 2. "A judge on Monday admonished Yeaw for not filing financial affidavits and other paperwork on time, Karanian said." 3. "This man told the judge, 'There's no sense in me doing anything. I'm going to lose my parental rights anyway.'"

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amber alerts (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 01:23 PM December 22nd, 2004 EST (#1) "Since when is an Amber Alert supposed to be used on fathers?" Non-custodial fathers are exactly the group that amber alerts were ultimately designed to attack, though that is not how the issue was framed, of course. Marc

Re:amber alerts (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 05:27 PM December 22nd, 2004 EST (#2) It's happened here in AZ at least twice that I can remember, though probably much more frequently than that...

Marc (Score:1) by LSBeene on 08:14 PM December 22nd, 2004 EST (#3) Marc, Correct me if I am wrong, and with full acknowlegement of your superior legal knowledge and understanding, but wasn't one of the original ideas that Amber Alerts to specifically EXCLUDE custody cases/parents (non-custodial)? I remember reading that, but many of the cases I see in the papers ARE non-custodial (FATHERS) parents who are "on the run" (have their kids with them). Is my understanding of the original intent correct? Steven Guerilla Gender Warfare is just Hate Speech in polite text

The Final Word (Score:1) by The_Beedle on 01:44 PM December 28th, 2004 EST (#4) ''He wasn't making any money.'' The final words of the article and the final condemnation of this man. It's a shame that the religious fruit-bat insane business muddies the water with this one. For a much clearer bias to this Amber Alert system, check out this travesty from earlier in the year. Unmarried couple has a baby. She takes the baby and that's fine. He takes the baby and it's kidnapping. Throw in a bunch of hearsay accusations from the mother "He has a gun!" "He threatened my life!" "He's going to kill the baby!" none of which turned out to be true. For the record, today's article marks the 3rd use of the Amber Alert in Massachusetts, and only one time has it been used *not* to chase a father and his kids.

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