Residents of Milwaukee burned down a house suspected of being a hub for sex trafficking after criticizing the local police department for failing to take action in the case of missing Black children.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, police were searching for two missing Black girls aged 13 and 15 on Monday and Tuesday.
The girls had been missing since Sunday and were found on Wednesday morning, but the situation led to a tense standoff between local residents and police who were searching a house.
The local police department was criticized for not treating the missing girls with any amount of urgency.
WISN reported that people notified police about sex trafficking activity at a series of houses near North 40th and West Lloyd streets but that residents said police were not proactive in searching for the girls.
