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Police are asking for help identifying a 2-year-old boy who was found alone  on the South Side in the city’s East Chatham neighborhood. The boy was found on the 8100 block of South Ingleside Avenue. Police said he is about 2 years of age and is  incapable of articulating his name or address.

He was found wearing a red and white striped shirt, blue shorts and white gym shoes, police said.

In a community alert, police describe the child as a black boy with a dark complexion and a large afro. He is about 2 feet tall and weighs 25 pounds.

Anyone who can identify the boy should contact the Area South Special Victims Unit at 312-747-8274.

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Six teenagers from the Burundi robotics team, who had come to Washington to compete in an international competition, were reported missing to D.C. police on Wednesday, according to police reports.

The missing teenagers range in age from 16 to 18 and include four males and two females, police said

Police identified the missing teenagers on Twitter as:

Richard Irakoze, 18, a black male with a dark complexion who is 5-foot-11, 140 pounds; 

Kevin Sabumukiza, 17, a black male with a medium complexion who is 6-foot-4, 160 pounds; 

Nice Munezero, 17, a black female with a dark complexion who is 5-foot-7, 140 pounds; 

Aristide Irambona, 18, a black male with a dark complexion who is 5-foot-6, 130 pounds;

 Don Ingabire, 16, a black male with a medium complexion who is 5-foot-8, 130 pounds;

 Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, a black female with a dark complexion who is 5-foot-3, 130 pounds.

We’re living in such a scary world and we, as a community, can’t let this go unnoticed. This racism and hatred  black people experience every day  in America might have become the reason these teens are missing right now. Share this to find them as soon as possible, because you can save a life. If you have any information about them- call the police. Don’t stay aside.

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PLEASE BOOST THIS!!! The recent disappearances of girls of color from the Bronx is concerning, please share to help find Katelynn. She was last seen at Pelham Parkway and White Plains Road on August 2nd.

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New Yorker Tyeesha Mobley was at a gas station near her Bronx apartment with her two sons when she caught the older boy, aged nine, stealing $10 out of her purse. Thinking this was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson about honesty and consequences, she called the police, asking them to help her communicate the seriousness of stealing.

When the police arrived, however, Mobley’s Arrested Development-style lesson quickly escalated into a terrifying situation. Three of the four officers who arrived at the gas station apparently understood that this was a lighthearted call. 

“They started asking Tyleke what did he take,” said Mobley. “He told them. And about three officers was joking around with him, telling him, ‘You can’t be stealing, you’ll wind up going in the police car.’”

The fourth cop, however, had different ideas. He began yelling: “You black b——es don’t know how to take care of your kids … why are you wasting our time, we aren’t here to raise your kid … why don’t you take your f—-ing kid and leave?”

When she tried to follow his order, Mobley says the fourth officer arrested her, refusing to give a reason. While she and her children cried for him to stop, one of the other officers attempted to intervene, saying, “We are not supposed to act like this.”

He replied, “Black b——es like that … this is how I treat them.”

After her arrest, Mobley was hospitalized for the bruises she’d sustained on her legs thanks to the fourth cop kicking her during the arrest. She successfully fought off child endangerment charges—a pretty interesting charge given that the “endangerment” in question seems to have been calling the police.

Mobley’s two children were placed in foster care for four months, where they reportedly received sub-par care. Now, having recovered her children—who have undoubtedly learned a very different lesson than the one she intended to teach—Mobley is suing the NYPD.

And, to paraphrase J. Walter Weatherman, that’s why you don’t call the police.