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3 dead, 11 wounded in downtown Philadelphia shooting

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No. Placing more officers in schools will not make Black students feel safer in the wake of mass shootings

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White supremacists have carried out most of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil in the last five years

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911 dispatcher who hung up on Buffalo store worker during shooting has been fired

The dispatcher who dismissed Latisha Rogers' 911 call during the Buffalo mass shooting was fired during a disciplinary hearing.
/ June 4, 2022

Ben Crump’s fight against racism and discrimination highlighted in ‘Civil’ trailer

The upcoming Netflix documentary produced by Kenya Barris is set to premiere later this month, and theGrio has a first…
/ June 3, 2022

Young Thug denied bond in RICO case

A Georgia judge denied bond for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who's accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act.
/ June 3, 2022

Death row inmate appeals intellectual disability ruling, seeks to prevent execution

Death row inmate Byron Black s appealing a trial court's dismissal of his request to be declared intellectually disabled, which…
/ June 3, 2022

2 doctors, receptionist, ex-soldier who died protecting his wife, killed in Tulsa shooting

Two doctors, a receptionist and a former soldier were killed in a mass shooting inside a Tulsa medical building.
/ June 3, 2022

Philly DA reviewing convictions in cases worked by detective found guilty of raping witnesses 

A district attorney will review 80 cases investigated by Philip Nordo, a former Philadelphia Police detective convicted this week of…
/ June 2, 2022

Klan flyer left at Black church claims KKK is ‘alive and growing’ in more than a dozen states 

"Join your local Klavern today to preserve white Christian unity before multiculturalism destroys America for good," the flyer reads.
/ June 2, 2022

Police: Tulsa suspect targeted surgeon he blamed for pain

A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus,…
/ June 2, 2022

Judge: Prosecutors not liable for death of white bar who killed himself after being charged in death of BLM protester

A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against prosecutors filed by the family of a white Nebraska bar owner who…
/ June 2, 2022

NY police to end sting operations in public bathrooms, a practice criticized as targeting gay men

In a federal settlement, NY police will end sting operations in public bathrooms, a practice criticized as targeting gay men.
/ June 2, 2022
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Two Minnesotans sue George Floyd’s killer, allege he used his knee-on-neck ‘signature move’ in 2017

Two Minnesotans filed federal civil rights lawsuits May 31, 2022 against the city of Minneapolis and Derek Chauvin, who killed…
/ June 1, 2022

Trial for Nipsey Hussle’s alleged murderer is set for June 2

Eric Ronald Holder Jr. is accused of fatally shooting the Grammy Award-nominated rapper/entrepreneur in March 2019.
/ May 31, 2022