Missing Black women and girls are disproportionately ignored, and Saturday it was the focus of a caucus led by Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
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The most powerful voices for the voiceless — missing victims — are their family members pleading for real action, real movement in their loved ones’ cases. “I need to see boots on the ground,” said Sheila Bradley Smith. “Not just for Tionda and Diamond but for all these missing women and children. People don’t seem to care until it happens to them Its been 21 years of nothing but pure hell, clanging, all kind of making noise, trying to get help for them, roadblocks.”
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who joined the conference, admitted Chicago has not done its part to help.
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