Why Police Violence Against Women of Color Stays Hidden
When you hear the words “police brutality,” here are some images that come to mind: An unarmed Black man being beaten or fatally wounded. Rodney […]
Month: September 2017
Trump agenda spells increased violence for immigrant women
PERSPECTIVE | The administration’s war on immigrants will find undocumented women squarely in its sights. A high school junior talking to other students in the hallway […]
A Rash of Police Sexual Violence – Why I’ll be Marching for Black Women on September 30th
According to a 2015 investigation by the Buffalo News, based on over 700 cases documented over a ten year period, on average a police officer […]
Police Union Fought Reforms To Address Sexual Assault by Officers
On Friday, Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) opens for business, with expanded powers, more investigators and a bigger caseload than its notoriously ineffective […]
Here and Now: Invisible No More
Interview with Andrea Ritchie
Reminder: Police Violence Is So Much More Than Cops Shooting Black Men
In 2015, Charnesia Corley was pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign in Texas. A group of Harris County police officers subjected then-20-year-old Corley […]
‘Invisible No More’ Is a Chilling History of Police Violence Against Women of Color
Pacific Standard Magazine What makes the video shocking isn’t just the violence; it’s also how rote the violence is. In the clip from October of […]
V Books: Andrea Ritchie Looks At Police Violence Against Women of Color In New Book, ‘Invisible No More’
Much of the narrative on police brutality in America is centered on police violence against black men. The recent killings of Philando Castile, Eric Garner, […]
Centering Women of Color Is Key to Understanding and Resisting Police Violence
Truthout “Expanding our understanding of the forms and contexts of police violence experienced by women and gender-nonconforming people of color enables us to better understand […]