#SayHerName Lives: Andrea J. Ritchie On Being “Invisible No More”

Police have fatally shot at least 620 people in 2017. According to Fatal Encounters, a database that tracks police shootings, at least 2,902 people have been killed by police in the three years since Darren Wilson shot and killed Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Many of the victims names and final moments have been emblazoned in our memories: The deaths of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and Walter Scott, who were all killed by officers, played on an endless loop on social media. But what about Rekia Boyd? Pearlie Golden? Tyisha Miller? Korryn Gaines? Gabriella Nevarez? Their names and stories haven’t resonated as deeply because police violence has largely been framed as a Black man’s issue. [READ MORE]