
I'm sure that by now all of you have heard of Latoiya Figueroa. So I....what? You haven't heard of her? You mean that name doesn't ring a bell like that of say Lacy Peterson or Natalee Holloway? You see Ms. Figueroa went missing in late July and like Mrs. Peterson she too was pregnant. I know what you're thinking : "King what's the point?" Well it took protests from all sorts of people to even get Ms. Figueroa's name on the national news. Why? Well she happens to be of African-American and Hispanic decent. Ahhh there's the rub! Finally the media such as Fox News' Greta van Susteren, known for her zealous pursuits of justice for missing women the past few years, buckled under the pressure and finally did a show or two about her. Well last week her long time boyfriend was arrested for her murder and now Greta and other news media types want to add Lataoyia's story to their personal lists of women found thanks in part to them. It makes me sick to my stomach. A big shout out to the people of Philadelphia who has let the world know that just because you're not a young white woman from Modesto Califonia or Utah or even Oklahoma that your life is just as valuable!
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Finally, something I can agree w/you about. The same thing happened with to Tameka Huston who was from the DC area but disappeared from South Carolina. Her family had to go on the radio (Russ Parr Morning Show)pleading for air play. They finally arrested her boyfriend a year later after they found evidence in his place.
This has happened time and time again. If you are a minority, nobody is going to break there neck to look for you if you are missing. Why? B/c no one will miss you anyway,(according to some of the minute minds that exist). But when ol' girl aka the runaway bride was "kidnapped" by a "minority", everything was dropped to put out a search party. Just ridiculous. But that is the world we live in.
I cannot believe that I had never heard of this poor girl.
I hate to hear things like this...
Thankfully, the Gwinnett Co. DA is prosecuting the stupid Runaway Bride...she's going to pay...
151,000% agreement! story makes National news, majority of the anchors are white. A valid reason? NO! Why don't more local news groups step up& feature stories about these brutal murders? No doubt, media involvement raises public awareness, assists with the capture of these dirt bags, safe return of abducted children. My prayers go out to Ms.Fiueroa's family
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