theGrio's 100: Benjamin Crump, lending a legal hand for victims
theGRIO'S 100 - Crump has helped to publicize cases of alleged police brutality or other misconduct that might have gone unnoticed...
Is LAPD violence on the rise again?
theGRIO REPORT - The death of 35 year-old mother of two Alesia Thomas, and the brutal arrests of 34-year-old nurse Michelle Jordan, and 20-year-old college student Ronald Weekley, Jr. have refocused national attention on Los Angeles...
Why Zimmerman wants Trayvon's school records
theGRIO REPORT - Lawyers for the family of Trayvon Martin, the Miami teenager shot to death in February by a neighborhood watch volunteer, are raising objections to a defense request for Martin's school records, calling the defense request a 'witch hunt'...
Police custody death raises doubts about LAPD
theGRIO REPORT - On July 22nd, Alesia Thomas died in police custody after being placed in hobble restraint device and put into the back of a patrol vehicle...
Alleged police beating victim hires Trayvon Martin lawyer
VIDEO - The 20-year-old Venice skateboarder whose weekend arrest sparked protests in the city has hired the attorney representing slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin...
Mom seeks justice in football player's heat-related death
theGRIO REPORT - The mother of a high school football player who died after collapsing during practice drills last summer has vowed to get justice for the untimely death of her son...
Was the Zimmerman bond a blow to the Trayvon case?
theGRIO REPORT - A Florida judge's decision to set a $150,000 bond for George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin drew an immediate, harsh reaction from those who wanted to see the 28-year-old remain behind bars...
What motivates lawyers to take on high profile cases?
theGRIO REPORT - What motivates lawyers to take on high-profile/media-scrutinized trials? Is it the prestige, desire to fight for justice or simply the financial gain that comes with celebrity status cases?...
How Trayvon Martin became a cultural touchstone
OPINION - The death of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida, at first seemed destined to be just another senseless killing of just another young black American...
Lawyers to state atty: 'This family deserves answers'
theGRIO REPORT - The family of Trayvon Martin responded to Seminole County State Attorney Norman Wolfinger Tuesday, after he called the allegations the family wants the Justice Department to review, 'outright lies'...
