Crime

Fireworks display, theGrio.com
Police say no one is in custody. Authorities have not released details about the eight who were taken to hospitals.
/ July 5, 2022
Derek Chauvin, theGrio.com
The plea agreement of the former Minneapolis police officer calls for a sentence of 20 to 25 years in prison.…
/ July 5, 2022
People in Highland Park, Illinois, theGrio.com
Authorities gave no motive for the attack in Highland Park, a close-knit community on the shores of Lake Michigan.
/ July 5, 2022
Her appeal said she feared she might never return home and asked Biden to not "forget about me and the…
/ July 5, 2022
Willie Jerome Manning remains in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, convicted in 1994 on two counts of capital murder.
/ July 5, 2022
Relatives and other inmate advocates said the 2020 law's reversal cruelly upended plans for reunions and homecomings.
/ July 5, 2022
Jayland Walker's death
The Jayland Walker shooting video is hard to watch. It hurt me to my soul to see the bodycam footage of…
/ July 4, 2022
James Smith, who’s been with the agency for nearly 20 years, was appointed FBI special agent in charge just weeks…
/ July 4, 2022
courtroom thegrio.com
For the first time, a Black woman has been appointed to oversee the Division of Public Defender Services for Connecticut.
/ July 4, 2022
The legal team for multiple women accusing Watson of sexual misconduct filed a motion to obtain all files from the…
/ July 4, 2022
Kelly's “current life circumstances undoubtedly bring emotional distress,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Melanie Speight wrote in a court filing.
/ July 4, 2022
USATI PHOTO CREDIT Karen Schiely / USA TODAY NETWORK
Jayland Walker was unarmed when Akron police chased and killed him in a hail of gunfire, authorities said.
/ July 3, 2022