I saw this on Twitter, and thought surely this is an exaggeration… then saw the link to the BBC. Oh fuck no.
Found a link to an article in the Independent (UK), then what looks like the original reporting in the Philly Inquirer.
[From the BBC link]
David Connors, 30, and his wife Eileen, 24, say they are being held in Pennsylvania with their three-month-old baby and are "traumatised".
They say were driving with relatives on 3 October when, to avoid an animal, they veered onto a small road.
A police officer then pulled them over, told them they were in the US state of Washington and arrested them.
...
The family's attorney, Bridget Cambria, of Aldea - the People's Justice Center, said the couple were driving south of Vancouver on 3 October when they took a detour to avoid an animal on the road. ...
Is there more than first appears to this account? Like drug smuggling or worse?
That I haven’t found anything here on this story also gives me pause. Wouldn’t someone else more plugged in than I have diaried already?
To be honest, I’m hoping that’s the case, because if not, we are truly in the wilderness of evil now.
Please don’t pile on with snarky comments about being clueless, blind, stupid, etc. I assure you, I’m aware that the US administration passed the point of depravity in November 2016.
[removed personal TMI]
So Catte Nappe, VClib, and all the other constructively skeptic users I respect, please take a look at this.
Are you local to where this occurred? Post anything you may have heard about this mess.
A strange request, perhaps, but I’m not kidding.
Thanks from a dKos old timer.
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019 · 3:42:36 PM +00:00 · highacidity
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When David Bowie came out with song for the film The Falcon..I did not get it really never went with the film… Fast forward I get this song more and more… With all the wars and hate between mankind. America is in a real shitter… This is not America… David Bowie was always ahead of his time… Its boring on Earth without you David..