Tamika Huston
See this woman? She's been missing from her home in Spartanburg, SC, for over a year now. Have you heard about it? Probably not. I hadn't heard about it until this morning when I read this article: FBI statistics show that men are slightly more likely than women to be reported as missing, and that blacks make up a disproportionately large segment of the victims. As of May 1, there were 25,389 men in the FBI's database of active missing persons cases, and 22,200 cases of women. Blacks accounted for 13,860 cases, vs. 29,383 whites.The sad thing is that Tamika Huston is probably dead, and probably has been since she went missing. But the FBI manhunt, the front-page news coverage, the outcry for legislation are all palpably absent. Take a look at the faces on this page. Which ones do you think made it on the news? Which ones were mentioned in passing on page A-14? Posted by Dana at 09:57 AM
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Hey, there was half of a "Nancy Grace" episode about her.
Her aunt is a PR person and is married to an NFL player. I fear even more for the families of other missing people (especially non-white ones) who don't have these kinds of mouthpieces at their disposal.
Posted by: Vidiot at June 16, 2005 11:41 AMoh it makes me so ill ! So mad!
I have to go drink a bottle of makers mark before I implode.