Crime

Scotland Yard has apologized after officers strip-searched a Black schoolgirl who was wrongly accused of carrying cannabis. 
/ March 17, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Mayor Eric Adams has fulfilled a campaign pledge to revive a controversial NYPD anti-gun crime unit that was disbanded in…
/ March 17, 2022
Jussie Smollett was ordered released from jail by an appeals court that agreed he should be free pending the appeal…
/ March 16, 2022
Peter Bernardo Spencer thegrio.com
The man who confessed to fatally shooting Jamaican immigrant Peter Bernardo Spencer during a camping trip will not face charges.
/ March 16, 2022
Sandra Bachman, a 58-year-old Ohio woman, allegedly left voicemails threatening the lives of lawmakers Sarah Anthony and Cynthia Johnson.
/ March 16, 2022
Few Americans believe there has been significant progress in achieving equal treatment for Black people in dealings with police.
/ March 16, 2022
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards trusted Louisiana State Police to “do the right thing” and took
/ March 16, 2022
Attorney Benjamin Crump, Breonna Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer and co-counsel Lonita Baker
Attorney Ben Crump tells theGrio the DOJ is "investigating all possible civil rights violations" in the police killing of Taylor.
/ March 15, 2022
A range of workers — including police officers — have filed suits against the city of Normandy, located outside St.…
/ March 15, 2022
The Dayton Daily News reports that 61% of Ohio's missing kids are Black, yet Black youth account for only 15-16%…
/ March 15, 2022
Herron, who was integral to getting no-knock warrants banned in Louisville, is Kentucky's first openly LGBTQ state representative.
/ March 14, 2022
Smollett was recently sentenced to 150 days in prison for lying about a racist, homophobic attack that he orchestrated.
/ March 14, 2022