Tanisha Williams is an organizer at Kenwood Oakland Community
Organization. Williams said this is a massive issue with Black
and Brown women at the top of the list.
“For example, here in Chicago, we are only two percent of the
population, yet we make up one-third of all missing and murdered
cases,” Williams said.
Williams said more resources are needed in Chicago’s police
districts.
“There should be some type of community liaison there to
interact with families, when we talk about a lot of the
dehumanizing approaches that they are approached with from
investigators or CPD in general,” Williams said.
Williams said elected officials need to continue working with
community groups on models that work.
Williams said Black people are affected.
“We are first impacted, but we are not the first with the
central resource. So we’re first impacted and the last to be
given care or concern around the issue,” Williams said.
Williams said the community can influence elected officials.
“If we can get together to continue to be on networks, to
continue to be of one accord to say, ‘Find our girls. What’s
happening with our girls?’ Then we can push elected officials to
be more accountable,” Williams said.
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