T’Yonna Major’s Aunt Explains Why Florida Needs the YaYa Alert Act

Schools and day care facilities within 3 miles of a crime considered “an imminent threat” by law enforcement would then get an alert so they could determine what should be done to protect the children they care for, something Grantley is pushing hard to accomplish. “I want to get back to having a village to save these kids.” She also believes the bill would improve communications and relationships between law enforcement and those that care for children. “A lot of parents care because this could have been their child.”

The bill does have a Senate companion, SB 814 with the exact language filed by Shevrin Jones (D – Miami Gardens). In order to pass, a bill must be filed in both chambers. Angel Grantley is hopeful it can pass, even in a legislature completely controlled by Republicans. “When a gun is fired and a bullet comes out, it doesn’t have White, black, Chinese, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Haitian. It doesn’t have democrat on it and it doesn’t have Republican,” explaining the original concept came from a Republican. “I don’t want them to look at this bill as democratic party or a republican party bill. This is a bill to save kids”

The Major family is hanging in there as they deal with the holidays and a yet to be determined trial date for Keith Moses. Grantley tells Pulp City Magazine their work for the YaYa’s Dream Foundation (https://yayasdream.org/home/) is keeping them engaged. “Everything that we’ve done for this foundation, it gives them a little more hope, a little more light.” The next hearing for Moses is in January. Despite his arrest back in February of 2023, the earliest this case could go to trial is the Fall of 2026. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Moses.

Editor’s Note: Pulp City Magazine founder and publisher Dominick Major is the Uncle of T’Yonna Major