New York officials, DOJ meet over stop-and-frisk
WASHINGTON (AP) - New York officials are asking the Justice Department to investigate the police department's stop-and-frisk program for overwhelmingly targeting minorities...
Mom arrested for cheering at child's graduation
theGRIO REPORT - Shannon Cooper was as excited as any mother would be as her daughter walked across the stage of her high school graduation. Cooper cheered with enthusiasm as her daughter received her diploma...
3-year-old holds gun during traffic stop, dad arrested
CHICAGO - Chicago police received a surprise this week when they reportedly found a three-year-old girl holding a handgun during a routine traffic stop in East Garfield Park...
7-year-old's suicide shocks Detroit community
A boy's 14-year-old sister had to look through the keyhole of a locked door to find her brother hanging from a bunk bed with a belt around his neck, according to a police report...
Did Sanford police know Zimmerman?
theGRIO REPORT - New evidence in the George Zimmerman case had brought renewed scrutiny upon Trayvon Martin's shooter's relationship with the Sanford police department...
Female honor student roughed up by NYPD cops
Brittany Rowley, 15, says that she was roughed up by NYPD cops who were not in uniform who thought she matched the description of a shoplifting suspect, according to the Daily News...
Miami Heat streaker says he did it for Rick Ross
MIAMI - A man was arrested for running down stairs of the AmericanAirlines Arena without pants in an attempt to reach the court during Tuesday night's Miami Heat playoff game, authorities said...
6-year-old shows up to school with dad's weed
A 6-year-old showed up at his Campbell Park Elementary Marine Science Center school on Tuesday with more than 3 ounces of marijuana and a scale in his backpack...
Did Marvin Winans get preferential treatment?
theGRIO REPORT - After days of silence, Rev. Marvin Winans spoke publicly Sunday for the first time since he was assaulted and carjacked by a group of four men at a Detroit gas station. Winans, still showing signs of injury from the attack, said that he knew that he was in trouble as soon as he went to pay for his gas...
Sanford PD focused on Zimmerman actions, not injuries
theGRIO REPORT --Sanford police homicide investigators sought an arrest warrant against George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin despite multiple witnesses testifying that it was Zimmerman who was being beaten by the Miami teen...
