'An unspoken epidemic': Homicide rate increase for Black women rivals that of Black men

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : While their views on policing differ, many advocates agree that violence against Black women and girls demands a broad social response, not one confined to law enforcement.
43% : From the mainstream feminist movement to the news media to law enforcement to community violence prevention organizations, many institutions have stayed silent about the crisis of violence against Black women, who are expected to care for others, but often do not receive the same level of care, they said.
42% : Some, like Page, the Black Femicide US founder, want to see law enforcement officials pay more attention to cases involving Black women and girls, and support harsher criminal penalties for violence against women.
33% :National homicide statistics do not identify whether victims are trans or gender non-conforming, and law enforcement agencies frequently misgender trans homicide victims.

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