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July 3, 2020
The ACLU is demanding the Florida state attorney general to open a probe into the Tampa police department for possible…
Amazon theGrio.com
June 11, 2020
[griojw id=”BEk0ioRG” playerid=””] Amid nationwide protests against police brutality, Amazon has announced a moratorium on the use of its facial
June 3, 2020
L.A. Pride has announced plans to march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement on June 14, 50 years…
Jaylan Butler
February 16, 2020
Jaylan Butler is suing for unlawful search and seizure, false arrest and excessive force after police detained him and pointed…
January 23, 2020
Jacksonville, Ark., is being sued by the ACLU and the Innocence Project over evidence that could change the conviction of…
Samaria Rice thegrio.com
November 23, 2019
The American Civil Liberties Union and the mother of Tamir Rice, Samaria, have created and released a booklet in honor…
March 22, 2019
ACLU and the Center for Media Justice (CMJ) announced that they have filed suit against the FBI for their attempts…
Handcuffs thegrio.com
March 22, 2019
While Karle Robinson, 61, of Kansas, was moving into his new home in August 2018, Tonganoxie police put him under…
Sacramento sheriff Scott Jones thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit claiming that Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones blocked Black Lives Matter leaders…
ACLU sues San Francisco theegrio.com
October 5, 2018
The American Civil Liberties Union‏ is suing the city of San Francisco for specifically targeting Black people for arrest and…
Colin Kaepernick Nike ad thegrio.com
September 13, 2018
After banning his city’s parks and recreation department from purchasing Nike products in response to the shoe company’s support of
voting
August 24, 2018
Voting rights advocates immediately went to work against a proposal they say would have disenfranchised African-Americans at the polls
ACLU thegrio.com
July 9, 2018
The American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children…
prison thegrio.com
April 13, 2018
The state of Mississippi has "abandoned its responsibility to provide basic needs" to inmates at a privately run prison that…
January 8, 2018
Two New Jersey prisons have banned Michelle Alexander’s book on mass incarceration, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of…
September 20, 2016
The ACLU of Connecticut is suing the police after accidentally recording themselves trying to come up with charges they could…
March 26, 2016
Attorneys Abre’ Conner and Novella Coleman, attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union, just wanted to have a night out…
January 27, 2016
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is grappling with the constitutionality of prayers at local council meetings for
June 8, 2015
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi school superintendent who pressed charges against people for cheering at a high school graduation…
May 29, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - The woman who was slammed to the ground by California police while eight months pregnant says she…