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Every Friday, one Daily news staffer will give a behind the
scenes look at one of this week’s stories. This week, LSA
freshman Remy Farkas covered HuffPost EIC’s lecture at
the University.
“Interviewing Lydia Polgreen, the editor-in-chief of HuffPost
was really, really cool. Being in front of somebody who had
done such amazing journalistic work in the past was quite
intimidating but after talking to her I was able to really
understand her concepts and the things that she talked about
in terms of American identity. I think that her perspective
is quite interesting. She comes from a very multiultural
background and her analysis of cureent American times is
something everyone should consider. Writing the story about
the symposium at which she spoke allowed me the ability to
see what journalism could be and how important journalism
is in today’s day and age.“
LSA freshman Remy Farkas, “HuffPost EIC discusses the
challenges of American identity”
BE HIND THE STORY
TUESDAY:
By Design
THURSDAY:
Twitter Talk
FRIDAY:
Behind the Story
WEDNESDAY:
This Week in History
MONDAY:
Looking at the Numbers
QUOTE OF THE WE E K
“
We can turn our potential energy into kinetic
energy. And as we turn our kinetic energy on, we start to
feel a fire. You start to feel something happening in your
spirit ... We are all we need, because the power is the
people. And so as we think about that, own the power.
Own your greatness. We need you. The legacy of Dr. King
calls for you, pleads for you to come out.“
Hill Harper, actor, author and philanthropist
Author-activist talks police brutality
Andrea Ritchie says violence against women receives less attention than with men
“What’s the first name that
comes to mind when you think of
police brutality?” Andrea Ritchie
asked a crowd of about fifty people
Thursday night during her talk
at the Hatcher Graduate Library
titled “Invisible No More: Police
Violence Against Black Women
and Women of Color”.
Ritchie,
a
researcher
in
residence at the Social Justice
Institute of the Barnard Center for
Research on Women and lawyer,
is the author of a book bearing
the same title as her talk. The
lecture was co-sponsored by the
Departments of Political Science
and Women’s Studies. Ritchie
will also be speaking Friday, Jan
19. in a day-long event titled “The
Other America: Still Separate,
Still Equal”, featuring different
narratives
of
police
brutality
among Black Americans.
In 2014, Michael Brown was
fatally shot by police officer Darren
Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
Three
months
later,
Tanisha
Anderson,
a
Black
woman,
was killed by a police officer in
Cleveland, Ohio. While responding
to
a
call
about
Anderson
“disturbing the peace,” an officer
placed Anderson in a “prone
position,” forcing his knee into
her back until she was no longer
breathing. However, Ritchie noted
this case did not “play the same
iconic role” as Brown’s case –– a
fact she attributed to Anderson’s
gender.
“If we are going to talk about
police brutality, we need to expand
our view and deepen our analysis,”
Ritchie said.
She then related the experiences
of other women of color such
as Nicola Robinson, a pregnant
woman who was punched in her
belly by a policeman on her porch,
and Charnesia Corley, who was
pulled over for speeding and then
publicly stripped at the waist.
These names are part of a long list
of women who have suffered from
extreme police brutality.
Ritchie said another major
issue affecting women is
sexual mistreatment by police
officers. What is particularly
troubling, she said, is the fact
that over half of the police
departments in the country
have no policy about how
to interact with pregnant
women.
“While sexual misconduct
by police is second most
reported
after
police
brutality, it is not second most
talked about,” Ritchie said.
She discussed an instance
in which a woman was
forced to perform oral sex as
an ultimatum after a police
officer convicted her of a
minor crime: Being in the park
at night. She cited this as an
example of “broken window
policing,” a theory in which
police use minor crimes in
order to discriminate against
certain individuals.
Ritchie further elaborated
on the stories of other
victims of police misconduct,
including
Asian
women,
Middle Eastern women and
members of the LGBTQ
community. She remarked on one
case in which a Black transgender
man named Juan Evans was
pulled over for speeding. Having
left his identification at his office,
Evans provided the officer with
his information, which the officer
accused as false. The officer then
publically searched Evans in order
to verify his gender.
When
Ritchie
asked
the
audience who knew the name
“Aura Rosser,” just a handful
raised their hand. Rosser, she told
the audience, was an artist and
a mother of three. In 2014, Ann
Arbor police responded to a call
from Victor Stephens, Rosser’s
spouse,
saying
Rosser,
who
suffered from bipolar disorder,
was threatening him with a
knife. Within five to 10 seconds
of entering the home, one officer
discharged his taser and the other
fired his gun, killing Rosser. The
officers claimed that Rosser had
charged at them.
“This needs to inform our
resistance,” Ritchie said.
While she showed pictures of
Ann Arbor students protesting
in the aftermath of this tragedy,
she discussed how this event was
still not well-known or heavily
discussed.
Mental
health
issues
are
prevalent in police brutality cases,
Ritchie said, affecting half of
victims in brutality cases.
LSA
senior
Nicole
Miller
attended the event and was glad to
see diversity among attendees.
“This is what most excited me
because in the Black community
this is what we talk about every
day,” she said.
Another Alumni Gabe Coleman
indicated
his
gratitude
after
hearing Ritchie speak, saying the
lecture motivated him.
SOPHIA KATZ
Daily Staff Reporter
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