Why D.C.’s missing children became a political rallying cry

WHEN THE WASHINGTON, D.C., police department began sharing pictures of the District’s missing children on social media earlier this year, its goal was simply to spread the word. Then the faces of more than two dozen black and Latino kids and teens began circulating on Twitter in March, and people took notice in a way the city’s police may never have intended.

Many in the capital’s black community were startled