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When we emphasize that Black women need to be protected, we’re referencing stories like this one.
Last week, the body of a Virginia woman who was found dead in a trash truck was identified as 30-year-old Taty’ana Zakiyyah Cooks. Police were only able to discover her body because family members asked officers to do a welfare check on March 21 after her child had not been picked up from daycare. – Noah A. McGee Read More