George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

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December 7, 2022
Despite Senator Raphael Warnock's runoff win in Georgia, a divided Congress will likely halt Biden’s Black agenda for the next…
October 25, 2022
TheGrio/KFF Survey of Black Voters found that very few Black voters (17%) support decreasing funding for police departments in their…
August 6, 2022
Advocates still want more reform in criminal justice after the DOJ charged four officers involved in the shooting death of…
May 25, 2022
President Biden signs executive order for policing on the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, after legislation fails to pass.
George Floyd
May 25, 2022
George Floyd's family members have been working on social justice and community initiatives they believe would make him cousin proud.
May 24, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump penned an op-ed saying it's been two years, and we haven’t gotten the George Floyd police reform…
May 24, 2022
Biden will sign an executive order to establish new rules for use of force by federal law enforcement officers, theGrio…
Attorney Benjamin Crump, Breonna Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer and co-counsel Lonita Baker
March 15, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump tells theGrio the DOJ is "investigating all possible civil rights violations" in the police killing of Taylor.
Nation Reacts To Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict
February 25, 2022
On May 25, 2020, three officers—Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng—did nothing as Chauvin pressed his knee on…
February 17, 2022
“One thing I learned in 2020 is you can make your own history,” Jaime Harrison said during a sit-down interview…
January 20, 2022
Biden admits maybe he’s been skipping class, especially with Black voters. Maybe when he does show up in the future…
January 18, 2022
The Biden-Harris administration is negotiating unilateral action on police reform steps since Congress failed to pass George Floyd bill.
White House Voting Rights Protest
December 29, 2021
From voting rights to the COVID-19 response, the Biden White House and Congress grappled with a host of matters impacting…
Chauvin Jurors
October 29, 2021
Members of the jury that convicted Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd are speaking out about how it impacted them.
Cory Booker thegrio.com
October 16, 2021
Sen. Cory Booker acknowledged that without Black voters "we will get decimated" in reelections. "We can't let people get discouraged."
October 16, 2021
The Biden White House is trying to pick up the broken pieces of the George Floyd policing bill by mulling…
Say Their Names Memorial Exhibit
October 5, 2021
The recommendation will now head to the desk of Governor Greg Abbott who has not commented on whether or not…
September 29, 2021
The nation's police officers appear to be open to long-requested legislation. Republican Sen. Tim Scott, however, no longer is.
September 23, 2021
On a handwritten card Biden carried in his pocket at the White House, Haiti, policing and votings rights are at…
September 22, 2021
The bipartisan push for federal police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder has collapsed in Congress.