State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) introduced a bill to establish the 'Ebony Alert' system that would inform people of missing Black children and young women.
last week, citing the overrepresentation and underreporting of missing Black children and young women in California.
“The Ebony Alert would ensure that resources and attention are given so we can bring home missing Black women and Black children in the same way we would search for any missing child and missing person,” Bradford said.New docs from HBO and Oxygen raise awareness about the disappearances of Black and Indigenous women, whose cases are often overlooked by media.
The bill would allow law enforcement agencies to authorize the issuance of an Ebony Alert in cases in which they believe the alert would help in their investigation into a missing person. The legislation allows for alerts to be sent in missing person cases involving Black youths or young Black women ages 12 to 25, according to Bradford.
In 2018, Black children younger than 18 made up about 37% of all missing children in the U.S., despite Black children making up only about 14% of the country’s population, according to theIt’s not the first bill of its kind in California. Similar laws have already been passed for elderly people
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