'Where Is Black Lives Matter?': Community Activist Tangela Sears Calls Out Movement's Silence After Rash Of Shootings

Miami FL

02 June, 2021

1:56 PM

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By Keith Jones, CBS Miami June 2, 2021 At a news conference Tuesday, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava denounced the shootings and mentioned her "Peace and Prosperity" plan, which aims to quell gun violence. The county is funneling $90 million into youth programs to keep kids off the streets. A mother who knows gun violence all too well, Tangela Sears, a community activist who lost her son in a shooting, said that money is better spent elsewhere. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.