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New Hampshire TheGrio
August 19, 2019
There will be no repercussions for two white Texas cops who tied a mentally ill Black man’s hands behind his…
In this June 18, 2019 file photo Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting in Phoenix. Still stinging from national outrage sparked this summer by a videotaped encounter of officers pointing guns and cursing at the family, community members are holding low-key meetings aimed at helping Phoenix officials figure out how citizens could help oversee the city's officers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) thegrio.com
August 19, 2019
Dozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past…
Botham Jean thegrio.com
August 13, 2019
A Dallas judge has decided that potential jurors in the Amber Guyger case need to be questioned first before she…
Adobe Stock
August 12, 2019
Mark Denny is celebrating his bittersweet victory after he was released from prison nearly 30 years after he was wrongly…
Alton Sterling
August 2, 2019
For Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul hindsight is 20/20 and he reportedly regrets the hiring of officer Blane Salamoni…
Police Car thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
An intense scuffle between a Black motorist and two Mississippi Highway Patrol officers was caught on video after the troopers…
July 17, 2019
Eric Garner’s chokehold death, captured on cellphone video, will not lead to federal charges for the NYPD officer who killed…
In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
July 16, 2019
The officer at the center of a killing of a Black man in South Bend, Indiana has resigned following calls…
Eric Garner placed in a chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo (Video still/ Ramsey Orta/YouTube)
July 16, 2019
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Gun thegrio.com
July 15, 2019
A Lucas County Sheriff’s deputy is still shaken as he recounts the moment a security guard threatened him with a
ELANDON ROBERTS at the 2019 ESPY Awards. (Image Group LA via Getty Images)
July 15, 2019
 A Texas sheriff said Friday he has apologized to New England Patriots player Elandon Roberts for the actions of a…
Police Car thegrio.com
July 10, 2019
Video has surfaced of a violent February arrest of NFL free agent Malik McDowell in Michigan and it's raising more…
Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Kevin Johnson demonstrates the new Axon Body 2 body camera to fellow officers as another precinct gets their cameras assigned to them Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Phoenix. Although body-worn cameras are becoming a police standard nationwide, Phoenix was among the last big departments to adopt their widespread use. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 8, 2019
A Phoenix police officer yelled obscenities and forced an unarmed black man suspected of shoplifting up against a patrol car.…
In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 24, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall…
In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 photo, South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg shares a moment with Shirley Newbill, mother of Eric Logan, during a gun violence memorial at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in South Bend, Ind. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
June 20, 2019
Mayor Pete Buttigieg stood before newly sworn police officers to welcome them to the city's ranks, just as he has…
Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Phoenix. The community meeting stems from reaction to a videotaped encounter that surfaced recently of Ames and his pregnant fiancee, Harper, having had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, as well as the issue of recent police-involved shootings in the community. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
June 19, 2019
Police Chief Jeri Williams promised change in her department after being booed by some of hundreds of people gathered Tuesday…
Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 18, 2019
The family who were confronted with guns in their face by Phoenix police after their 4-year-old daughter walked out of…
A man identified as Sonny Webber, right, father of Brandon Webber who was reportedly shot by U.S. Marshals earlier in the evening, joins a standoff as protesters take to the streets of the Frayser community in anger against the shooting, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
June 18, 2019
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Cell phone video shows officers from the Phoenix Police Department the Ames family May 27, 2019. (GMA)
June 17, 2019
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is stepping up to offer financial support to the young family victimized by police in Phoenix May…
police thegrio.com
June 13, 2019
[griojw id=”BIeQbxap” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters