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Election For Mayor Held In Minneapolis
February 9, 2023
The thought of abolishing the police seems like an absurd idea … unless you’re one of the people who police…
Tyre Nichols x George Floyd Act
February 2, 2023
This year, we need to hear more than shallow promises for solutions that exacerbate the problem of policing.
Strike For Black Lives Held In Cities Across The Nation
October 27, 2022
Data from theGrio/KFF survey shows that Black voters don’t want to defund their local police departments...kinda.
October 25, 2022
TheGrio/KFF Survey of Black Voters found that very few Black voters (17%) support decreasing funding for police departments in their…
Missouri debtors prison
September 5, 2022
When President Joseph Biden began promoting his plan to make America safe again, it seemed like a good idea. 
President Joe Biden
July 26, 2022
Biden strikes balance in remarks to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives on crime and policing ahead of…
May 27, 2022
The cops are supposed to be society’s "good guys with guns" but the "good guys with guns" canard is officially…
March 15, 2022
Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away kingdom built on folklore and fantasy, the citizens believed things. 
Actor Morgan Freeman
October 11, 2021
Morgan Freeman and Frankie Faison told Selena Hill of "Black Enterprise" that they don't support defunding the police
October 10, 2021
Cities across America are ramping up previously reduced funding allocations for law enforcement departments, the New York Times reported.
September 26, 2021
Republican Senator Tim Scott blamed Democrats for roadblocking law enforcement reform in the United States with calls to “defund the…
August 11, 2021
"Madam President, I am so excited," said Sen. Cory Booker of the amendment vote, clapping his hands. "This is a…
July 23, 2021
"There's tampering with evidence here, and it kills," a lawyer said of Officer Tyree Burnett's body camera footage. "It harms."
Antonio Brown thegrio.com
May 27, 2021
Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown, who voted to defund the local police, was the victim of car theft in Atlanta.
May 26, 2021
Los Angeles has taken steps toward reforming the LAPD by diverting $56M in funds that will now be used for…
Tamika Mallory's "State of Emergency.
May 14, 2021
Opinion: In her first book, BLM activist Tamika Mallory offers a powerful polemic about a crisis in America and how…
May 8, 2021
The law would limit local governments’ ability to cut police funding by more than 5% a year, blocking “defund the…
May 6, 2021
Mayor London Breed announced a plan for the city of San Francisco to redirect $3.75 million from its police budget…
May 2, 2021
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones supported a cut of $4 million out of the police department’s $171 million budget for…
theGRIO.com
April 14, 2021
The Texas Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require cities to get voter approval before cutting the police budget.