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A first-of-its-kind statewide call brought a once-missing teen home safely this week — just a few days after the new law that made it possible took effect. The California Highway Patrol issued the state’s first Ebony Alert on Thursday, Jan. 4, for a missing 17-year-old girl who had last been seen on Dec. 30 at Broadway and West Florence Avenue in Los Angeles. The Long Beach Police Department requested the alert on Thursday. A Long Beach police detective found the teen unharmed on Friday morning, Jan. 5, and helped her return home safely, said LBPD spokesperson Richard Mejia. SNIP

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed legislation making the state the first in the country to create an alert system for missing Black women and children. The move has sparked outrage online, with critics calling the new “Ebony Alert” system “racist”. The law was passed unanimously by both chambers of California’s legislature, the Washington Examiner reports. The goal of the bill is to address the “often ignored or lack of attention given to Black children and young Black women that are missing in California,” according to a statement. The law is set to go into effect on Jan. 1. Per...

The 'Ebony Alert' bill was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom Monday The new law establishes a platform specifically designed to alert California residents to cases of missing black women and children Critics say the law emboldens racists to ignore the messages all together A new alert for missing black women and children in California is receiving backlash as some critics say that it will embolden people to ignore the messages. The so-called 'Ebony Alert,' signed into law Monday by Governor Gavin Newsom, is a completely separate notification system from the already existing Amber Alert. Authored by state Senator...