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How Social Media Shone a Light on the Lauren Smith-Fields Case

Feb 17, 2022|11:01

In the months since Lauren Smith-Fields was found unresponsive in her Bridgeport, Conn., apartment, the question of what happened to the 23-year-old has added to long-simmering anger over the way America talks about—or doesn’t talk about—dead or missing Black women and girls.

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