Town hall meeting held to discuss missing children in DC

WTTG ^ | March 22, 2017 | Lauren DeMarco

[Trump20162020]

WASHINGTON - FOX 5 was the first to report D.C. police were tweeting about an unusually high number of missing children. According to city officials, there is not an uptick in missing persons cases, but community members remain frustrated.

On Wednesday night, a town hall-style meeting was held at Excel Academy Public Charter School in Southeast D.C., which was hosted by Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White.

Hundreds of people packed the room for this meeting while there were many others who could not even get in the door. The heart of this forum – what is going on and what is being done to cut down on the number of missing children in the District.

[ClearCase_guy]

Will the meeting be catered? Will there be pizza?

[over3Owithabrain]

Check the pizza parlors.

[Triple]

Have they checked the local pizza parlors and restaurants that serve pasta with walnut sauce?

[Triple]

Have they checked the local pizza parlors and restaurants that serve pasta with walnut sauce?

[Triple]

Have they checked the local pizza parlors and restaurants that serve pasta with walnut sauce?

[MileHi]

Has anyone asked Podesta?

[MileHi]

Lived up to your screen name. LOL

[Trump20162020]

I can see why you chose the name ‘Triple’.

[DBrow]

In many states, the “child protective services” have lots of young clients they can’t account for or find.

[Triple]

True - but beaten to the punchline...

[fishtank]

[fella]

Have they looked on Marlon Brando’s private island?

And where is Reggie Love?

[VanShuyten]

The rate hasn’t really gone up. It did go up during Obama’s tenure, but no one wants to say that, of course.

[golas1964]

Pizza-Pizza!

[Aaron0617]

Thanks for posting this. Really scary to see that many people crowding that room lining up for questions. Not about health care, or rampant crime...no its about missing children.

According to that reporter in a 24 period as they investigated this story there were 4 more missing children. Why isnt this on CNN, ABC or MSM? Its like the illegal immigrant rapes. Why dont they want to cover these (mostly) missing black girls?

Im in Chicago, and its the same here. I'm notice more pics of black girls in the news --- missing for days. One was killed 3 months ago, a hookup from an online dating site. Which i think most of these black girls use. How they get fast money when away from home.

[Tax-chick]

With a lack of answers about why these kids are going missing –many of them teenage girls – is leading to fear on the streets. There is a real problem with runaways in the city, but as many point out, those girls are either running away from something or toward something.

I think there's a difference between "missing children" and "teenaged girls who have taken off."

How many of the missing children lived with their biological mother and father?