By Dana Bolger • @danabolger • 9 years ago

Quote of the Day: “What Kind of Police Do You Call on the Police?”

Today is Day 4 of the (all-white, mostly-male) jury deliberations in the Daniel Holtzclaw rape case. (ICYMI, Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City police officer, is accused of preying upon and sexually assaulting 13 Black women.) All throughout the trial, the victims’ credibility has been attacked and their reasons for not reporting the abuse interrogated. One of the victims, who was only 17 at the time of the rape, spoke powerfully to the experience of living at the intersection of police brutality, sexual violence, and racism: “What kind of police do you call on the police?”

Oof.

Header image via.

New Haven, CT

Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and the co-founder of Know Your IX, the national youth-led organization working to end gender violence in schools. She's testified before Congress on Title IX policy and legislative reform, and her writing has appeared in a number of outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She's also a student at Yale Law School, and you can find her on Twitter at @danabolger.

Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and a student at Yale Law School.

Read more about Dana

Join the Conversation
By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

Ohio Cop Murders Donna Dalton, Sex Worker, Mother, and Friend

Last Friday in Columbus Ohio, Donna Castleberry Dalton, a 23-year old woman and mother of two was shot and killed by an undercover police officer after he forced her into his car and attempted to arrest her during a “prostitution sting.”  

Last Friday in Columbus Ohio, Donna Castleberry Dalton, a 23-year old woman and mother of two was shot and killed by an undercover police officer after he

glo Merriweather speaks in front of a group of people that are sitting down. Behind them are other black and brown folks and a mural that says "liberation"
By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

glo Merriweather, anti-police violence activist targeted by police, goes free

“My life is currently in the hands of the state,” glo Merriweather, a black trans and queer activist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, told me a few months ago. They were fighting for their freedom after being criminalized for protesting in the wake of the police murder of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte in 2016.

“My life is currently in the hands of the state,” glo Merriweather, a black trans and queer activist based in Charlotte, North Carolina, told me a few months ago. They were fighting for their freedom ...