We are being told by DC Officials and the Police dept that the large amount of young DC black and latina missing teen girls is not related to human trafficking, that they are just runaways BUT there is sometimes a fine line between a runaway and being trafficked, a runaway is vulnerable, so the two issues are not separate AND to make it worse there are a bunch of police throughout the country that have been charged (sometimes very lightly) for human trafficking and related offences….. So, we should at least be very concerned that some police in DC may have something to do with these missing teens, right?

An article in the Huff detailed some of the cops that have been found involved in trafficking (read the full article here):

In 2014, Linwood Barnhill Jr, resigned from the Metropolitian Police Department in D.C. and plead guilty to two counts of pandering a minor and one count of possession of child pornogrpahy. He was arrested after a 16 year-old missing girl was found in his apartment.

Court documents said that in a two week span, he prepared her for sex with a man, that included taking nude photos of her. The policeman met the young girl at a mall and asked her if would she be interested in modeling. In 2013, the same officer set up a sexual encounter for a 15 year-old girl after seeing her at a bus stop and asking her if she would be interested in modeling. The officer took nude photos of her as well as clothed. He set up a sexual encounter for her in his home, then the young girl engaged in sexual acts with a man in his 40’s or 50’s in the officer’s bedroom. After the officer collected money from the man and gave the girl a portion. There was a third 17 year-old-victim to whom Barnhill did the same. The officer received a light sentence because the judge felt he didn’t abuse his power as police while committing the crimes.

An attorney for one of the teens disagreed, stating that his client [the teen] was afraid to testify because more officers could be involved.
That same year, D.C. police officer Marc Washington was arrested after allegedly going to the home of a 15-year-old who had been previously missing, ordered her to remove her clothing and took nude photos of her – all while he was on duty. He told the girl that taking nude photos of her was a part of the procedure for cases like hers. He committed suicide soon after being charged with making child pornography.

Hundreds of photographs were found in his camera dating back to 2011.

In 2013, A Baltimore City police officer was arrested on criminal charges that included prostitution and human trafficking.

In April 2016, A police officer employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District was charged with the attempted sex trafficking of a child and use of the Internet to induce a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.

In November 2016, A Chicago police officer was charged with sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl, additionally the charges included the production of child pornography.

So what are we supposed to make of this? It’s speculating but it is ABSOLUTELY possible there is some really bad crap going on other than some grumpy kids and that’s exactly why an independent task force needs to be appointed with FBI help.