Woman escapes alleged kidnapper by running barefoot into NJ gas station and locking the door (video)

[Carla_Sinclair]

Originally published at: Woman escapes alleged kidnapper by running barefoot into NJ gas station and locking the door (video) | Boing Boing

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[RickMycroft]

@Carla_Sinclair

the woman had told him she began plotting her escape after she saw a deadbolt on the gas station door during a previous visit

Great observation and planning!

[astrootter]

Check out how Fox News framed this story. This happened in a border state, people! A border state!
Shameless.

[euansmith]

Fox News must be destroyed.

[anon33932455]

Surprised they didn’t name him Jaime Parrillo.

[Chaz]

He seems nice.

[Melizmatic]

Good for her; fuck this society that enables this fuckery.

[Brainspore]

For crying out loud most of the things that happen in the United States happen in border states because that’s where most Americans live.

[UUbuntu]

WTF? Every state is a border state. Every state has a border that (1) borders another state, (2) borders another country, and/or (3) borders an ocean

[BakerB]

It appears she was abducted in New Mexico, and held in New Jersey.

[ChuckV]

Florida?

[anon67050589]

As they are both American citizens, using more characters to say a scary phrase like “border state” instead of the factual “New Mexico” really does make Fox News’ motive clear.

[Brainspore]

I guess it gets counted as a border state since it’s within rowing distance of Cuba and the Bahamas?

[Brainspore]

Of course Fox News could have had a more informative headline (and saved a few letters) if they’d simply used “Woman kidnapped in New Mexico, held captive for nearly 1 year escapes to New Jersey Gas Station…”

But of course informing their audience was never the point.

[Mister44]

Ah yes, border states! Dangerous wastelands where you can be attacked and kidnapped by - wait - what’s that? (checks notes) - it says here attacked by a Hills Have Eyes looking bald white guy.