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California’s new “Ebony Alert” is likely unconstitutional, as it prioritizes only searching for missing black youths and no one else.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will create a new statewide alert system said to be the first in the nation specific to help find missing Black children and young Black women.

Black women and girls are at increased risk of being harmed and sex trafficked.  A recent report on human trafficking incidents across the country also found that 40% of sex trafficking victims were identified as Black women. The county of Los Angeles reported that 92% of girls in the juvenile justice system identified as victims of sex trafficking are Black, according to the Congressional Black Caucus. 

System intended to rectify disproportionate number of abducted and sex-trafficked Black children overlooked as ‘runaways’

Black families also deserve to bring their loved ones home, no matter the outcome, requiring community engagement, equal law enforcement, and media coverage. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed Senate Bill 673, the “Ebony Alert,” to address the lack of attention given to Black youth and Black women who go missing in California. Like the Amber Alert, the bill authorizes the law enforcement agency to request the California Highway Patrol to activate an Ebony Alert when Black children and young Black women and girls between 12 and 25 turn up missing. The Ebony Alert will utilize electronic high...