Studies show that Black children comprise 38% of missing youths nationwide.
A California Senator has proposed a new bill aimed at alerting the public about missing Black women and children whose cases are disproportionately underreported.
The “Ebony Alert” system, introduced in Senate Bill 673, would circulate urgent information about Black women or young people between the ages of 12 and 25 who have gone missing.
Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), who authored the bill, said in a today!
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