Survivors of Sexual Violence by Police Need More Than a Quick Fix
[This post was originally posted on Rewire News] Legislators can and must do more to prevent and support survivors of sexual violence by police officers. […]
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Audiobook Except: Invisible No More
[This post was originally posted on Audiofile] Narrated by Bhani Turpin. Ritchie’s treatise explores the state of violence on people of color–specifically, girls, women, and […]
Black Women, Girls, and Trans Folks Get Locked Up and Shot Too
[This post was originally posted on Advocate] In her new book, Invisible No More, Andrea J. Ritchie dissects the forgotten stories of police violence against transgender women […]
Rethinking Police Violence Through the “Invisible” Experience of Women of Color
[This post was originally posted on Salon] Author Andrea Ritchie highlights violence and discrimination against black women, which often stays in the shadows Activists, especially […]
The Paradox of Black Women and Police Violence: A Q&A With Andrea Ritchie
[This post was originally posted on ReWire] In her new book Invisible No More, Ritchie points out that Black women have been on the forefront of […]
Black Mothers Are Not Just Survivors of Police Violence, But Also Targets
[This post was originally posted on Cassius Life] What happens to the children? On Friday May 5, Takara Williams, a 24-year-old Black mother, was driving her […]
Two Years After the Uprising, Black Women’s Experiences of Policing in Baltimore Still Under the Radar
[This post was originally posted on Truth-Out.org] Two weeks before Freddie Gray was killed by Baltimore Police officers, Mya Hall took a wrong turn and wound […]
How some cops use the badge to commit sex crimes
[This post was originally posted on Washington Post] Sexual misconduct persists during traffic stops, ridealongs and mentorship programs. She was driving in a park with […]
Traffic Stop: Oscar-nominated doc shines a critical light on one woman’s experience of Driving While Black
[This post was originally posted on Medium] “It could have happened to me.” This is a phrase I often hear when talking about Invisible No […]
Why Young Girls Die Behind Bars
16 year-old Gynnya McMillen died after just one night. n January 10, 2016, 16 year-old Gynnya McMillen, was living in a group home in Hardin […]