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Renewed attention on missing and murdered Black women and girls with a new series.Īn HBO original series “Black and Missing” aired recently and highlighted the work of the Black and Missing Foundation. The task force marks the first effort adopted at the state level to address the plight of Black women and girls. “We do know that in the United states right now the estimates are that there are somewhere between 64,000 and 75,000 Black women and girls who are currently missing…we have a lot of work to do to understand what we’re actually facing.” “What we know right now is we don’t know enough about missing black women and girls and also women who have been murdered,” Richardson explained. Amber alerts are underutilized for missing Black children. She said that classifying Black children as runaways leads to fewer resources utilized in finding them. The lawmaker also took aim at the media, noting that Black children make up 30% of all missing kids but receive less than 13% of the media attention. Clardy was brutally murdered almost 10 years ago. Richardson said Minnesota reached this point because of the stories of people like Brittany Clardy and her sister Lakeisha Lee.
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“We are the first state in the nation to create a task force to look specifically at missing and murdered Black women and girls. “I would like to tell people that this is long overdue in many ways, but I’m really excited for the possibility for what is before us,” Richardson said. She thanked the family members who never gave up and continued to push for action. Ruth Richardson spoke of the possibility in the current moment. Established as a part of the 2021 Public Safety and Judiciary Omnibus Bill, the task force aims to address the root causes of violence against Black women and girls and address systemic failures that leave so many cases unresolved.Īt a press conference Monday, state Rep.