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Police, former sex workers gather to honor trafficking victims

Tearful women solemnly ticked offnames and shared stories during a Wednesday night candlelight vigil honoring victims of sex trafficking. Dubbed a "Celebration of Life," the gathering was fittingly sited at the erstwhile Blue Top Courts Motel, which once housed prostitutes and is now home to a woman-run non-profit crisis center. After Dudley worked to rev up the crowd with a peppy introduction, Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo took the stage to a standing ovation. The Illinois-based initiative seeks to curb prostitution by focusing on sex buyers' roles in an industry widely regarded as exploitative. Locally, it's not clear how many of HPD's annual prostitution arrests involve human trafficking victims, but the Wednesday vigil sought to honor them all, especially those who died along the notorious stretch of southeast Houston that was once home to the Blue Court.

 

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