George Floyd

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theGRIO.com
August 19, 2021
A new report has confirmed that the federal government targeted BLM protesters in an effort to disrupt and destabilize the…
August 19, 2021
Michael Frederick Jr. got a four-to-10-year prison sentence for the Sept. 2020 incidents — all over a BLM sign in…
Karen Bass, Tim Scott, Cory Booker, theGrio.com
August 18, 2021
Changes to qualified immunity, which protects bad officers, have little chance of making it into the George Floyd Justice in…
August 18, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board complaint says the Minneapolis Home Depot worker wore the slogan on his apron.
Michael B. Jordan thegrio.com
August 8, 2021
Michael B. Jordan is launching the “Hoop Dreams Classic,” a basketball showcase featuring the nation’s top Division 1 HBCU basketball…
August 1, 2021
The National Urban League (NUL) and the PepsiCo Foundation launched this program in order to support Black-owned restaurants.
Charlottesville protests thegrio.com
July 24, 2021
The terms of the agreement include extensive revisions to police directives, including a ban on the use of CS tear…
July 17, 2021
MLB will invest up to $150 million into The Player’s Alliance, a nonprofit organization committed to improving equity in baseball.
Byron Williams thegrio.com
July 16, 2021
Byron Williams died in police custody after he was detained for riding a bike without a safety light and his…
Marjorie Taylor Greene thegrio.com
July 8, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene has sparked outrage after comparing the death of White House insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt to the death of…
Keith Ellison thegrio.com
July 8, 2021
Keith Ellison wants Judge Cahill to amend his sentencing memo in which he claims Black minors were not traumatized by…
Darnella Frazier, theGrio.com
July 7, 2021
The teen who captured George Floyd's Minneapolis murder shared that her uncle, Leneal Lamont Frazier, was struck in a police…
Philando Castile thegrio.com
July 6, 2021
It has been five years since the police shooting death of Philando Castile and police reform is still being advocated…
House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (left) and Republican Sen. Tim Scott, theGrio.com
June 30, 2021
Clyburn has stepped in to keep negotiations alive with Republican Sen. Scott as sources tell theGrio the Floyd policing act…
June 30, 2021
The Minnesota Senate approved a modest set of police accountability measures Wednesday that’s part of a broader public safety budget…
June 29, 2021
The NYPD also faces a class-action suit claiming it violated protesters' rights last summer through "demoralizing and brutal shows of…
June 27, 2021
The 223-page bill draft includes provisions regulating the use of no-knock warrants and proposes the creation of a police misconduct…
Tina Knowles Lawson thegrio.com
June 26, 2021
Since the sentencing, people have taken to social media to voice strong opinions about it, with many saying the sentence…
Trump thegrio.com
June 26, 2021
The New York Times reports Trump staff prepped an Insurrection Act in anticipation of a violent response after George Floyd's…
Derek Chauvin thegrio.com
June 25, 2021
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced for the murder of George Floyd on Friday afternoon.