...Missing Black people, even children, are disproportionately considered runaways, which means vital time is lost in their search. Runaway children don’t receive an Amber Alert, for instance. In an interview, Vince Warren, executive director at the Center For Constitutional Rights, compares this to how American institutions responded when Black people ran away from enslavement. The full force of the law was devoted to their recovery. No expense was spared. Now that they are no longer someone else’s “property,” they seemingly aren’t worth the bother. ...

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