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. After school she liked to play golf and dance. On weekends, she’d go to the movies and the mall with her older cousin. 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. Her mother was hit by a car and critically injured, leaving her unable to…

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