Key Takeaways:

• Chris Brown used his Instagram Stories to query the dearth of consideration on lacking youngsters in Virginia.
• On common, 98 youngsters are reported lacking in Virginia every week.
• State police debunked viral rumors of mass abductions, clarifying that the majority instances are runaways.

Chris Brown is elevating consciousness about one thing near dwelling. On Friday (Aug. 15) evening, the “It Depends” singer used his platform to talk out about youngsters going lacking in his native Virginia.

“Am I the only one concerned about all these kids going missing in Virginia?” he wrote through his Instagram Stories. “Parents, make sure y’all [are] keeping an eye on y’all children, please.”

According to WDBJ7, 88 children have been reported lacking in Virginia final week — a quantity barely under the state’s weekly common of 98. The native outlet famous that Virginia “reports every missing child case to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” which frequently makes its numbers seem larger than these of different states. In most instances, the lacking youngsters are categorised as endangered runaways moderately than precise abductions.

It’s additionally price mentioning that on Wednesday (Aug. 13), the Virginia State Police debunked rumors that fifty children went lacking inside simply 10 days. “[We are] not investigating any reports of mass abductions in Virginia, nor is there evidence of mass abductions occurring in Virginia,” they mentioned in an announcement, per WSET ABC 13.

Brown has at all times spoken up about points that matter to him. In January, he called for shorter sentences for inmates who volunteered alongside firefighters to assist management the wildfires in Los Angeles. “The prisoners who were out there risking [their] lives need time [knocked] off their sentences,” he wrote on social media on the time. “Just saying.”

Meanwhile, musically talking, the Grammy winner continues to be on a roll. Tank helped gasoline the “Residuals” problem earlier this yr, TikTook rediscovered “Wall To Wall” in May, and now “It Depends” that includes Bryson Tiller is the newest to take over. B2K, Savannah James, and The OMG Girlz are just some of the names who’ve joined in on the enjoyable.