Nearly 1 in 3 missing children in the US are Black, driving Pennsylvania and other states to propose ‘Ebony Alerts’ to ensure equal protection and public safety
- Written by Itay Ravid, Associate Professor of Law, Villanova University
A disproportionate number of Black and Indigenous children go missing in the United States.Catherine McQueen/Moment Collection via Getty ImagesNearly one-third of U.S. children reported missing are Black, even though Black people constitute roughly 14% of the U.S. population.
To address one dimension of this problem, Pennsylvania and a few other...