Crime

Demonte Ward-Blake suffered "intense and immeasurable pain" for over a year before dying, says his family's federal lawsuit, filed Monday.
/ February 23, 2022
The Black Police Precinct Courthouse and Museum collects info on pioneering Black officers in the pre-civil rights era.
/ February 23, 2022
A judge rules that Watson can face questions under oath in some of the 22 civil cases filed against him…
/ February 22, 2022
Floyd Former Minneapolis Police Officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. thegrio.com
The three former Minneapolis police officers accused of violating Floyd's civil rights will soon learn their fates.
/ February 22, 2022
Tanya Fox
A Black woman wants authorities in Caseyville to do better after a police encounter left her feeling targeted because of…
/ February 21, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court
In 2005, Florida became the first state to pass a "stand your ground" law, which allows citizens to use deadly…
/ February 21, 2022
“I don’t understand why they arrested him and not me,” the boy told the news outlet. “I say, that was…
/ February 20, 2022
The Briarcliffe Volunteer Fire Company is under investigation after some members allegedly made racist comments during a virtual call.
/ February 20, 2022
"Uprooted" tells the story of Keith Warren, whose death, after being found hanging from a tree, was immediately ruled a…
/ February 19, 2022
Nia Whims, 13, was falsely accused of threatening on Instagram to blow up her school, according to her mom's lawsuit.
/ February 19, 2022
Katie Wright, mother of Daunte Wright, said Kim Potter's mugshot showed the ex-officer wasn't genuinely sorry for shooting killing her…
/ February 19, 2022
U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled closing arguments for Monday, which will mark one week since the trial…
/ February 19, 2022