Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change
Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and speaking out to stop the violence As a child, Tioni Theus was a ball of energy.
- Her mother was hit by a car and critically injured, leaving her unable to take care of her daughter.
- On weekends, she’d go to the movies and the mall with her older cousin.
- While her mom recovered, Tioni lived with other family members.
Driving back home at the end of the day to her family’s apartment in South Los Angeles, California, she’d ask: “What are we doing next?” Everything changed when Tioni was 13.
But the accident left Tioni angry, her older cousin Nafeesah Kincy said, and she struggled to understand that her life had permanently changed.
- After school she liked to play golf and dance.
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