• ultranaut@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It seems odd his mom is a sheriff given her criminal record. I would expect abducting a child to a foreign country would disqualify someone from law enforcement.

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      3 hours ago

      You misread.

      Stepmom was a sheriff.

      Mom is a dual citizen Norway/US. She is only a criminal because she tried to get her son away from his father by taking him to Norway.

      Edit: I see there may have been an article edit.

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        2 days ago

        I hear ya, but people make mistakes, ya know? We can’t just persecute them forever… But having a brown sounding name, that’s where we draw the line! /s

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      2 days ago

      It was his stepmom’s gun, not the mom’s. Article was probably edited at some point, since I see at least one place where they forgot the step part.