Free State Project president: Unfair to report alleged kidnapper is 'objectivist libertarian'
Carla Gericke, president of the Free State Project, objects to press reports that mention the man accused of kidnapping Abby Hernandez referred to himself as as “objectivist libertarian.”
Nathaniel Kibby, described by neighbors as “a loner who sometimes criticized the government and owned guns,” was arrested last month and accused of holding the teen captive for nine months.
Reporters following the case revealed Kibby was arrested earlier this year on unrelated assault and trespassing charges. Their reports included the contents of a court filing in which Kibby protested being forced to surrender his guns as part of his bail conditions. “The accusation is absurd & and not credible based upon my character & and my objectivist libertarian moral code,” Kibby wrote.
Gericke doesn’t think that’s fair. “Why don’t reporters state the D/R political affiliations of other people they arrest?” she asked on Facebook. “I’d love a list of serial killers and their political affiliations. Oh wait, that would include every US prez ever,” she wrote.
