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theGRIO REPORT – Black residents of Fort Lauderdale’s historic Sistrunk district will have new opportunities, while seeing their neighborhood get a facelift…
theGRIO REPORT – Sybrina Fulton, whose son, Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch captain in February, has released a Mother’s Day video message via an advocacy group…
CNN legal analyst Mark NeJame: Barack Obama's grandparents would have looked like George Zimmerman's
theGRIO REPORT – An attorney who was approached early on by George Zimmerman to defend him in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin says a photo of Zimmerman’s family proves he could not have racially profiled the Miami teen…
theGRIO REPORT – A judge on Friday sentenced a Jacksonville mother to 20 years in prison for firing a gun over the head of her husband, who she claimed physically abused her…
theGRIO REPORT – The fate of Sanford’s police chief appears to be in a state of suspended animation, with the old chief still collecting a paycheck, and his interim replacement about to take the helm…
theGRIO REPORT – A letter, sent via the City of Sanford’s official letter, and addressed to the city manager, decries the treatment afforded the currently suspended police chief, Bill Lee.
theGRIO REPORT – The former attorney for the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin has moved on to defending the police chief who released his former client…
theGRIO REPORT – To her family and supporters, Marissa Alexander is a woman who stood her ground…
theGRIO REPORT – Bill Lee, who had been chief for just ten months when the Trayvon Martin shooting upended his tenure, had negotiated a severance package with the equally new manager, Norton Bonaparte…
theGRIO REPORT – Former chief Bill Lee Jr. becomes the first official casualty of the controversy surrounding the handling of the Martin 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…
theGRIO REPORT – A bond hearing Friday morning will for the first time, place Trayvon Martin’s parents in the same room as the man who killed their teenage son…
theGRIO REPORT – Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday announced the composition of a task force to evaluate that state’s Stand Your Ground law…
TheGRIO REPORT – A Miami Dade firefighter who posted a rant decrying the second degree murder charges filed against the killer of Trayvon Martin may have violated department rules, a personnel manual obtained by theGrio suggests…
theGRIO REPORT – After more than a month of being one of the highest profile, most talked about killings in modern times, the case of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin went dark this week…
theGRIO REPORT – A Miami-Dade firefighter who ranted about the “sh-tbag parents of our urban youth” in response to charges being filed against George Zimmerman, is now distancing himself from his Facebook post…
theGRIO REPORT – A last minute hearing on Friday has set the stage for a potential call by George Zimmerman’s attorney to remove the judge in his second degree murder case, even before the trial begins…
theGRIO REPORT – The Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue Department is investigating a Facebook post by one of its captains that seems to blame the shooting death of Trayvon Martin on the ‘shi*tbag parents’ of ‘our urban youth’…
OPINION – Mark O’Mara has sought to tone down the rhetoric, asked the court to seal any additional filings in the case, and has even suggested that Zimmerman may apologize to Martin’s parents…
theGRIO REPORT – George Zimmerman’s first court appearance, before a judge in Seminole County, Florida, marks the beginning of a judicial process that could take months..