Black women's murders are happening at a rate of 4 per day according to the Guardian, but the media and law enforcement continue to lag behind when it comes to investigating these atrocities. What is femicide? How is it mishandled? On Dec. 12, 2021 according to the New York Times, 23 year old Lauren Smith-Fields was reported dead after a Bumble date with an older man. Her death was subsequently ruled as an accidental overdose (from a mixture of fentanyl, promethazine and hydroxyzine), despite assertion from friends and family members that she didn’t do drugs. The detectives in charge of
