Jackson Police Chief Believes Race Is Major Factor Why College Student's Disappearance Hasn’t Gotten More Play
Why isn't the country talking about an African American 20-year-old college student that's been missing for a week. Of all people, it's the city’s police chief that is claiming it's because LaTasha Norman is Black. Norman was last seen November 13 in one of her classes at Jackson State University. Her car was left on the campus, and she never returned to her dormitory room. Luther Samuel, a detective with the campus police, said investigators have combed the campus and have been searching all over the state, but no sightings of Norman have been reported.
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Police say they have no suspects. Among the people they have questioned are her current boyfriend and an ex-boyfriend who was charged Thursday with hitting Norman last month. Now the FBI is looking at the case. It's long overdue according to Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin who has publicly stated that Norman’s case should "get the same kind of concern" as that of Stacy Peterson, 23, a missing White woman from suburban Chicago.