Crime

Judge delays decision on compensation for damaged Black Lives Matter mural

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Pastor plotted to kill thousands of Black people with poisoned water, biological weapons, prosecutor said

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Taser-equipped drone project on hold. Ethics board members resigned over weaponized drones in communities of color

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Husband of Metro Boomin’s mother allegedly kills her in murder-suicide

Leslie Joanne Wayne, mother of platinum-selling music producer Metro Boomin, was allegedly killed by her husband in a murder-suicide.
/ June 6, 2022

3 dead, 11 wounded in downtown Philadelphia shooting

Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district.
/ June 5, 2022

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

Black students said their personal experiences with policing makes them uneasy about adding cops to schools to thwart school shootings.
/ June 5, 2022

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

Elected leaders in some states are considering how to address the internet's role in radicalizing extremists.
/ June 4, 2022
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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