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Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2021-11-01): Plans require a child be at risk for serious bodily harm or death before an alert can be issued. This element is clearly related to law enforcement’s recognition that stranger abductions represent the greatest danger to children. The need for timely, accurate information based on strict and clearly understood criteria is critical, again keeping in mind the "best judgment" approach. [...] For an AMBER Alert to be effective in recovering a missing child, the law enforcement agency must have enough information to believe that an immediate broadcast to the public will enhance the efforts of law enforcement to locate the child and apprehend the suspect. This element requires as much descriptive information as possible about the abducted child and the abduction, as well as descriptive information about the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle. Issuing alerts in the absence of significant information that an abduction has occurred could lead to abuse of the system and ultimately weaken its effectiveness.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2020-02-22): AMBER Alerts have helped bring home nearly 1,000 children since their inception in 1996. In 2018, 155 cases of the 161 issued alerts resulted in recovery. [...] Why are AMBER Alerts not issued for all missing children? [...] But just because an alert isn’t issued for a child doesn’t mean authorities aren’t using other tools to investigate, Crosby told the news station.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2019-10-20): - Guidelines for issuing AMBER Alerts - AMBER Alert Coordinator - Legislation - National Strategy - Frequently Asked Questions
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2020-07-13): Fact check: Online post incorrect about Amber Alerts and Black children in Milwaukee [...] "So Amber Alert works for kids in Baraboo but not Black kids in Milwaukee," one Facebook post stated July 6. The text was accompanied by a "thinking" emoji. [...] We rate this claim FALSE based on our research. The data actually shows a disproportionately high number of alerts — based on population — have been issued precisely for Black children in Milwaukee. Nearly half of all alerts involved Black children, even though only about 1 in 15 state residents is Black. And more than one-fourth of all alerts were initiated by Milwaukee police — all for Black children.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-03-01): Amber Alerts are rare. A Milwaukee grandmother thinks one could have saved her family. [...] And even when they are used, it’s unclear how much they help to bring children home safely, the analysis found. Although Black children receive Amber Alerts at about the same rate they are reported missing, USA TODAY found the alerts are far less likely to play a part in finding them. [...] In that six-year time period, Milwaukee police made 28 requests. Twelve were activated and 16 were not. All of the Amber Alerts issued in Milwaukee cases were for Black children.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-11-06): Each state AMBER Alert plan includes its own criteria for issuing AMBER Alerts. The PROTECT Act, passed in 2003, which established the role of AMBER Alert Coordinator within the Department of Justice, calls for the Department of Justice to issue minimum standards or guidelines for AMBER Alerts that states can adopt voluntarily. The Department's Guidance on Criteria for Issuing AMBER Alerts is as follows: [...] AMBER Alerts are issued for abducted children that meet the AMBER Alert criteria. AMBER Alert is only one tool that law enforcement can use to find abducted children. AMBER Alerts are used in the most serious cases that meet the AMBER criteria. Overuse of AMBER Alert could result in the public becoming desensitized to Alerts when they are issued. [...] AMBER Alerts are issued when a child abduction meets the specific AMBER Alert criteria, however, CART can be used for all missing children's cases. As of December 31, 2023, over 10,600 CART program members have been trained through completion of classroom, virtual or online training or self paced CART training. Those trained represent through the CART program reach across 48 US states/territories, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica and India. To date, the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP) has confirmed the active status of 132 teams, with 33 of those teams having completed the US-DOJ CART Certification process.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-02-23): But Amber Alerts are extremely rare and, even when they are used, it’s unclear how much they help bring children home safely, a USA TODAY analysis of the alerts shows. And even though Black children receive Amber Alerts at about the same rate they are reported missing, reporters found the alerts are far less likely to play a part in finding them. [...] Most children who receive Amber Alerts are found safe, police told USA TODAY, but the alert itself was credited in just 1 in 4 Amber Alerts across the country over six months last year. The alerts worked best for white and Hispanic children, helping in about 1 in 3 cases, compared with 1 in 7 involving Black children. [...] People who receive the Amber Alerts also could be more likely to see white children, especially girls, as victims, Borders said, and scroll by images of Black children.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2021-10-25): Wisconsin has a record 11 Amber Alerts so far this year, including six from Milwaukee. Here's what happened in these local cases. [...] The cases this year make up 20% of all Amber Alerts ever issued in the state, a total of 53 since 2003. Six of the alerts this year were Milwaukee cases. [...] What happened: An Amber Alert was issued for a 12-year-old boy after his mother said she saw him being forced into a car by four unknown men on Milwaukee's northwest side.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2020-07-06): "So Amber Alert works for kids in Baraboo but not Black kids in Milwaukee," one Facebook post stated July 6. The text was accompanied by a "thinking" emoji. [...] A widely shared Facebook post said Amber Alerts are issued for white kids, "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." It grew out of concerns in the Black community that missing children are not taken serious enough in Milwaukee. But the data actually shows a disproportionate high number of alerts — based on population — have been issued precisely for Black children in Milwaukee.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-10-30): Milwaukee Police issued a missing person alert for 5-year-old Prince McCree on Wednesday. MPD wanted to issue an Amber Alert, but the Wisconsin Department of Justice denied it, saying it did not meet the criteria. [...] Experts tell TMJ4 News that they do not think the AMBER Alert criteria are written in a discriminatory way, but that existing discriminatory structures are reflected in missing children cases. [...] Katherine Hilson, an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at Carthage College, adds that the last threshold to issue an AMBER Alert is tough to meet for communities of color. It requires the reporting law enforcement agency enough information about the child, suspect and/or suspect vehicle.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-03-18): TWO RIVERS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old boy missing from Two Rivers in Manitowoc County. Authorities said Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, the mother of Elijah Vue was taken into custody.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-10-05): Because the system is publicly praised for saving lives despite these limitations, Griffin and Miller argue that Amber alert acts as "crime control theater" in that it "creates the appearance but not the fact of crime control".[81] AMBER Alert is thus a socially constructed "solution" to the rare but intractable crime of child-abduction murder. Griffin and Miller have subsequently applied the concept to other emotional but ineffective legislation such as safe-haven laws and polygamy raids. Griffin considers his findings preliminary, reporting his team examined only a portion of the Amber alerts issued over the three-year period they focused on, so he recommends taking a closer look at the evaluation of the program and its intended purpose, instead of simply promoting the program. [...] Many states have policies in place that limit the use of Amber alerts on freeway signs. In Los Angeles, an Amber alert issued in October 2002 that was displayed on area freeway signs caused significant traffic congestion. As a result, the California Highway Patrol elected not to display the alerts during rush hour, citing safety concerns.[87] The state of Wisconsin only displays Amber alerts on freeway signs if it is deemed appropriate by the transportation department and a public safety agency. Amber alerts do not preempt messages related to traffic safety.[88]
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-02-20): Wisconsin Amber Alert: Missing Two Rivers boy, search intensifies TWO RIVERS, Wis. - An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 3-year-old boy in Two Rivers – and the search has intensified as of Wednesday, Feb. 21.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-08-08): MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) - Wisconsin launches a new missing-child alert system on Thursday. [...] Gov. Tony Evers signed the Prince Act in April to address gaps in Wisconsin’s Amber Alert System. The legislation revised and expanded the definition of a "person at risk" to include children. [...] "It’s my privilege to be able to tell you today the first missing child alert was issued earlier this week. It was based on a missing child here in Milwaukee and that child was recovered safely, so the alert is already having an impact," said Kaul.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-11-11): But, as they stand now, Wisconsin’s criteria for activating an Amber Alert are rigorous and require clear evidence of abduction, a description of a suspect or a suspect’s vehicle, and the belief that the abducted child is in imminent danger. It wasn’t clear who the suspects were when Prince disappeared, but that didn’t negate the urgency of his situation. It didn’t reduce the desperation of a family begging for help, nor did it diminish the community’s willingness to rally. [...] The numbers tell a harrowing truth: Since 2003, Wisconsin has only issued 57 Amber Alerts. In Milwaukee alone, hundreds of children have gone missing during that time. The system, in its current form, is failing them. [...] The numbers tell a harrowing truth: Since 2003, Wisconsin has only issued 57 Amber Alerts.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Gov. Tony Evers signed the Prince Act in April to create the Purple Alert system. It’s meant to address gaps in Wisconsin’s Amber Alert System.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2024-08-13): When 5-year-old Prince went missing in Milwaukee on Oct. 25, 2023, local law enforcement requested an Amber Alert to spread the details of Prince’s disappearance to the public. The Wisconsin Justice Department turned down their request, deciding that the 5-year-old did not meet the criteria of an alert: Not enough was known about the suspect. [...] It may also be more difficult to get an Amber Alert issued for a Black child due to labeling. Black children are disproportionately classified as "runaways," a label that precludes them from being issued an Amber Alert. The term "runaway" is also commonly associated with criminal activity, according to Wilson.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-11-07): Police sent out a "critically missing" alert to media outlets but not an Amber Alert, a Milwaukee police spokesperson said. [...] Racial disparities do not seem to factor into the state’s Amber Alerts. Authorities issue less than three a year. Of the 41 alerts sent out from 2003 to 2020, 18 were for Black children, USA Today reported. Residents are still concerned, as the number of alerts issued pales in comparison to the hundreds of children who remained missing in Milwaukee alone, the state’s Blackest city, in 2022. The family’s suspicion comes with a level of context. The national crisis of missing Black children is well documented, and advocates have long said missing Black children are less likely to receive law enforcement resources and even Amber Alerts to find them. That was among the complaints in Milwaukee in 2020 when residents put together a civilian search party to find two Black teenage girls, who had been missing for three days, USA Today reported. They disappeared amid the George Floyd police violence protests, and tensions between Black residents and local police were running high in cities and neighborhoods across the country. Like Prince’s, their cases also did not meet criteria for Amber Alerts, the newspaper reported then.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2021-02-03): AMBER Alerts are activated in the most serious child-abduction cases. The latest alerts will appear here. [...] AMBER Alerts are activated in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of a missing child. These alerts are broadcast through radio, TV, road signs, cellphones, and other data-enabled devices. The AMBER Alert system is being used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Indian country, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 27 other countries. [...] AMBER Alerts are broadcast through radio, television, road signs, and the network of secondary distributors, which include digital signage, hotel chains, internet service providers, apps, and other technology. As of 2013, AMBER Alerts are also delivered to wireless phones through the Wireless Emergency Alerts program (WEA).
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2019-11-03): In fact, data shows that missing white children receive far more media coverage than missing black and brown children, despite higher rates of missing children among communities of color. [...] "I think there’s a false belief that white children make up the biggest number of missing children when in fact (proportionally) it’s just the opposite," Lowery said, adding that the highnumber of black girls reported missing is particularly concerning. [...] Law enforcement often classify children of color as runaways without having all the details, Wilson said. Because those kids are considered to have voluntarily left home, Amber alerts aren’t sent out about them and they typically aren’t covered in the news.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-03-01): The most Amber Alerts Wisconsin has ever issued in a single year was 11 in 2021. Six of those alerts came from Milwaukee. That same year, Milwaukee police received about 2,000 reports of missing children. [...] The Wisconsin Department of Justice issues Amber Alerts based on requests from local police agencies. [...] From 2017 through 2022, Milwaukee police made 28 Amber Alert requests. Milwaukee’s requests were activated 12 times and not activated 16 times. All of the Amber Alerts issued in Milwaukee cases were for Black children.
Claim: Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee." (Facebook post, 2020-07-06)
Evidence (2023-11-09): The Wisconsin Justice Department’s refusal to issue an Amber Alert has sparked debate with some politicians and activists, like state Sen. LaTonya Johnson, contending that the state’s stringent alert criteria hinder the search for missing endangered children, especially Black children who are often underreported by the media and met with apparent police indifference. [...] Since its state’s implementation of the alarm over two decades ago, Wisconsin has only issued 57 Amber Alerts. The system has a 50/50 rate of recovering children 17 years and under. Prince’s family initially believed his race had something to do with them not issuing the alert, according to the senator. But Johnson explained that the issue is the system. Some activists are pushing for a new system to be created called the "Lily Alert" for missing kids like the system’s namesake, Lily Peters and Prince, who do not meet the Amber Alert criteria.
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2021-03-29): The federal Centers for Disease Control Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration maintain a Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS). Anyone can report "adverse events" to a vaccine — as in possible side effects — to VAERS. The reports are not verified and do not indicate whether an adverse event is linked to or caused by a vaccine. Regarding COVID-19, vaccines have been administered to millions of people across Europe and the United States. There hasn’t been any definitive proof that a COVID-19 vaccination led to someone’s death.
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2023-03-13): Explanation: The claim that there were nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 as the past 10 years is not accurate. Anyone can report "adverse events" to a vaccine — as in possible side effects — to VAERS. The reports are not verified and do not indicate whether an adverse event is linked to or caused by a vaccine. Read the Full Article (PolitiFact)This false claim originated from: Gateway Pundit
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2022-01-23): Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status — 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–July 17, 2021 [...] On September 10, 2021, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. [...] Suggested citation for this article: Scobie HM, Johnson AG, Suthar AB, et al. Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status — 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4–July 17, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:1284–1290. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7037e1.
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2023-01-01): - Cancellation of public events during COVID-19 pandemic - Chile: COVID-19 weekly death rate by vaccination status - Confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million vs. GDP per capita - Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths - Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases by world regionBy Region - Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths by world region - Cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths vs. cases - Daily COVID-19 tests - Daily COVID-19 tests per 1,000 peopleRolling 7-day average - Daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered - Daily and total confirmed COVID-19 deaths - Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases by world regionStacked area chart – by world region - Daily confirmed COVID-19 deaths by world region - Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths - Daily new confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Sweden - Daily new estimated COVID-19 infections from the ICL model - Daily new estimated COVID-19 infections from the IHME model - Daily new estimated COVID-19 infections from the LSHTM model - Daily new estimated COVID-19 infections from the YYG model - Daily new estimated infections of COVID-19 - Daily share of the population receiving a COVID-19 vaccine dose - Daily vs. total confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people - Debt or contract relief during the COVID-19 pandemic -
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2022-11-30): Unvaccinated people continue to die at a higher rate than vaccinated people. [...] It is true that people vaccinated against COVID-19 now comprise the majority of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., but that’s been the case since April, and it is not a verdict on vaccine effectiveness, said Cynthia Cox, vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Cox conducted the analysis for The Washington Post, updating numbers that she and others had written about in April for KFF. [...] Things have been heading in that direction for a while, with vaccinated Americans steadily making up a greater share of COVID-19 deaths, according to an article Cox co-authored for KFF in April.
Claim: “Per the CDC, there are nearly twice as many vaccine-related deaths so far in 2021 (1,755) than all the vaccine deaths this past decade (994).” (Gateway Pundit, 2021-03-29)
Evidence (2023-01-03): Using previous methodology, we compared the US overall, the 10 most- and least-vaccinated states, and the 20 OECD countries with 2021 population exceeding 5 million and greater than $25 000 per capita gross domestic product (Supplement 1).1 US COVID-19 mortality, all-cause mortality, and vaccination data were obtained from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.2 For other countries, COVID-19 mortality data were obtained from the World Health Organization, all-cause mortality data from OECD databases, and vaccination data from Our World in Data (Supplement 1).3-5 Some mortality data from 2021 and 2022 were provisional. [...] The US continued to experience significantly higher COVID-19 and excess all-cause mortality compared with peer countries during 2021 and early 2022, a difference accounting for 150 000 to 470 000 deaths. This difference was muted in the 10 states with highest vaccination coverage; remaining gaps may be explained by greater vaccination uptake in peer countries, better vaccination targeting to older age groups, and differences in health and social infrastructure. [...] These findings highlight that the US continued to lag peer countries in COVID-19 and excess all-cause mortality, albeit with lower mortality in highly vaccinated states.