Mayor creates panel to examine violent deaths of black women

The Associated Press

Mayor George McKelvey is creating a citizens group to examine causes of what appears to be a high rate of violent deaths of black women.

The six-person group will examine the women’s murders, how the legal system handled their cases, whether the women were victims of domestic abuse and how to prevent future killings, McKelvey said Tuesday.

The mayor’s decision came a few days after several city people who attended an April 6 City Council meeting asked if officials could have done more to protect the black women against violent crime.

Seventy black women under age 65 were murdered in a 10-year period through 1997, according to a recent published report.

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