How the rising US murder rate has affected Black women and girls: ‘It feels like nobody cares’

As homicides surged across the US last year, the number of Black females killed increased sharply as well

A least four Black women and girls were murdered each day in the United States in 2020, according to statistics released by the FBI last week, a sharp increase compared to the year before.

The FBI recorded at least 405 additional murders of Black women and girls last year as homicide surged across the country, and experts caution that even that stark number likely represents an undercount.