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14 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 617 (2015-2016)
The Forgotten Victims How Racialized Gender Stereotypes Lead to Police Violence against Black Women and Girls: Incorporating an Analysis of Police Violence into Feminist Jurisprudence and Community Activism

handle is hein.journals/sjsj14 and id is 645 raw text is: The Forgotten Victims How Racialized Gender Stereotypes Lead to Police Violence Against Black Women and Girls: Incorporating an Analysis of Police Violence Into Feminist Jurisprudence and Community Activism Nnennaya Amuchie For all the Black girls and women who never had a chance to live in a world free from violence. -Nnennaya Amuchie I. INTRODUCTION Last year, thousands of young people gathered around the world in solidarity with Ferguson, Missouri, after police officers killed Michael Brown, I an unarmed 18-year-old Black teenager. 2 Following Michael Brown's death, police officers killed many more unarmed Black men including highly publicized and mourned Eric Garner in New York City by a chokehold, 22-year-old John Crawford in Ohio, and seven-year-old Tamir Rice in Ohio.3 While these deaths sparked national attention and debate, 1 Michael Brown's Shooting and Its Immediate Aftermath in Ferguson, N.Y. TIMES, http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/12/us/13police-shooting-of-black-teenager- michael-brown.html?_r-0 (last updated Aug. 25, 2014). 2 Id. 3 James Queally & Alana Semuels, Eric Garner's Death in NYPD Chokehold Case Ruled a Homicide, L.A. TIMES (Aug. 1, 2014, 9:24 PM), http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-garner-homicide-2014080 - story.html; Elahe Izadi, Ohio Wal-Mart Surveillance Video Shows Police Shooting and Killing John Crawford III, WASH. POST (Sept. 25, 2014), https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/09/25/ohio-wal-mart- surveillance-video-shows-police-shooting-and-killing-john-crawford-iii/; Shaun King,

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