She has reported on state violence and institutional failure in the U.S. and abroad, from Ferguson, Missouri, to Haiti and Palestine. Her work has appeared in VICE News, Al Jazeera America, the New York Times and several other publications. She is originally from Italy and lives in the Bronx. Contact her at alice.speri@​theintercept.com or on Twitter at @alicesperi. This story first appeared on The Intercept.