Brittney survived the unimaginable, daily. She recorded this on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, speaking about how she had come through situations she should not have survived — and kept going anyway.
It started with a voicemail — six days after Brittney was found. This video is about that delay, the unanswered calls, and why timely notification and dignity are owed to every family.
A veteran sergeant, trained to understand grooming and manipulation, refers to trafficking victims as “chicks” who “choose” to return to their pimps — while speaking to one victim’s mother. This is what institutional bias sounds like from inside a department that is supposed to protect them.