By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER, AP News
In a brief and tearful statement Tuesday, Beth Holloway Twitty, Natalee's mother, accused Aruba of letting guilty people free.
"Two suspects were released yesterday who were involved in a violent crime against my daughter," she said.
"These criminals are not only being allowed to walk around among the tourists and citizens of Aruba," she said, but there were no limits on where they could go.
I caught Joe Scarborough's incensed reaction at the freeing of the Aruban suspects last night. What an earful. And I must say, I am more inclined to side with the dissenting Arubans on this issue.
Mind you, it is not a heartless reason for my opinion. Personally I cannot even begin to imagine the anquish of the Twitty family INRE Natalie's disappearance. Were it my own son, I know I would also be on a rampage. Indeed, my heart goes out to them... their frustration, their desperation are understandable.
But I must also put things into perspective, and so should American MSM. What has happened in Aruba has happened countless times here in the US. Where was the outcry then? How many sex offenders have walked and only to again prey on an unsuspecting youth? How many in the US have been freed for insufficient evidence?
One need only to look at the latest amber alert case of Shasta Groene and the sex offender who was released on $15,000 bail after being charged with molesting a six-year old in Minnesota. This same scumbag, Duncan, had already served more than a decade for molesting a 14 year old boy at gunpoint in Tacoma, WA.
Rehabilitation? What a joke... And when he was charged again with a similar crime, American law allowed the man freedom with bail.
And as far as quality of investigations, we've witnessed the flaws and stumbling of so many American cases. How could we miss them? The details of high profile celebrity cases (or made reknown by the MSM 24/7 coverage, i.e. the ditz-oid runaway bride.....) has been in our faces for broadcast 24/7. Today, any investigative teams' Clousseau'esque attempts will hardly be a secret in light of the information age.
The point is, Mrs. Twitty was wrong to blame the local authorities if they are acting within the scope of their laws. But I can forgiver her easily enough since her emotions must be on the brink.
However, talking heads are way out of line to evoke such rage about Aruban law - especially considering they are not so dissimilar to our own. If they care to spotlight what they deem is an injustice, it would be far more appropriate to start with criticizing and amending laws that are under our own control, and not another country's.
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