Arizona lawmakers have unanimously passed "Emily's Law," a bill named for 14-year-old Emily Pike that would create a turquoise alert system for missing Indigenous people.

Arizona lawmakers have unanimously passed “Emily’s Law,” a bill named for 14-year-old Emily Pike that would create a turquoise alert system for missing Indigenous people.

  • miguel@fedia.ioOP
    3·
    15 days ago

    Pretty much.

    1. The amber alert system focuses mostly on children. This expands alerts to potential MMIW.
    2. This would provide a little more visibility for disappeared native women, in particular, which is a crime that local police forces wash their hands of.