Crime

Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil.
/ July 2, 2022
The new law means that police can pull over a motorist whose music can be heard from farther than 25…
/ July 1, 2022
Rideshare giant Uber released its latest safety report, noting 141 allegations of rape in 2020 — 91% of the victims…
/ July 1, 2022
Nipsey Hussle thegrio.com
Closing arguments in the case of Eric Holder Jr., the man accused of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle, took place on…
/ July 1, 2022
Holman Correctional Facility (Atmore, Ala.), theGrio Staff
While state officials blamed the result on a volatile market, a group of activists and impact investors had urged buyers…
/ July 1, 2022
California will continue indentured servitude as a possible punishment for crime. The administration predicted ending the practice could cost the…
/ July 1, 2022
Maj. Dawanna Witt is running for Hennepin County sheriff, as is the ex-police chief of Morton, Minnesota and a South…
/ June 30, 2022
Singer R. Kelly
Black girls deserve more. That sentence is so fraught with controversy that it will probably cause people to stop reading this…
/ June 30, 2022
Saudi Arai Lee, slain on Friday, was from Carver Village, a largely Black neighborhood in Savannah, which, residents say, is…
/ June 30, 2022
Floyd Former Minneapolis Police Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. thegrio.com
Judge Paul Magnuson has not set sentencing dates for the former Minneapolis police officers responsible for George Floyd's death.
/ June 30, 2022
An unserved warrant charging a white woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, with Emmett Till's kidnapping was found in a basement.
/ June 29, 2022
Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in the trial of Eric Ronald Holder Jr., who is charged with first-degree murder…
/ June 29, 2022