Black And Blue: When Police Hurt Women Of Color
Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Alton Sterling – these are the names we associate with police violence. And they all happen to be men. Attorney Andrea […]
Interview
It’s all violence, and it’s all wrong
Recognizing that sexualized violence against women of colour is an unacknowledged crime Andrea J. Ritchie is a lawyer whose speciality is police misconduct. In her […]
Inside Her Story: Author Andrea Ritchie Talks Police Violence Against Black Women
BlackAmericaWeb.com When we think about police brutality, we may think of people like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice who lost their lives. Although […]
#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 […]
How cops target transgender people: “They will often read gender nonconformity . . . to embody disorder”
Salon Civil rights lawyer Andrea Ritchie’s new book “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color” doesn’t just address the concerns of […]
Why We Need to Focus on How Black Women Are Harmed by Police Violence
Two years after Sandra Bland’s death, the specific impacts of police brutality on women of color remain understudied and underreported. With her forthcoming book, “Invisible […]
Black women speak out about their experiences with police violence
Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Freddie Gray. Their names mark a shift in America’s racial consciousness. Their funerals were broadcast. Their families spoke out […]
Chris Hayes: Do Police Officers Have The Legal Right To Make You Put Out A Cigarette?
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and Andrea Ritchie, co-author of the Say Her Name Report discuss the legal details of the Sandra Bland case, the 28-year old […]