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February 14, 2022
Federal prosecutors rested their case against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
February 10, 2022
Reginald F. Lewis's legacy of entrepreneurship, philanthropy and integrity lives through the Giving Gap organization. 
February 9, 2022
Patricia and Mark McCloskey, both lawyers, may appeal for the full reinstatement of their law licenses after one year.
Nekima Levy Armstrong thegrio.com
February 7, 2022
Civil rights attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong told theGrio she is outraged by what she feels is a coverup…
February 6, 2022
The wave of bans on educational materials about race prompted students across the county to take their education into their…
February 2, 2022
The trial of three ex-officers charged with violating Floyd’s rights was recessed after one of the defendants tested positive for COVID-19.
SPLC Confederate thegrio.com
February 1, 2022
The SPLC launched the third edition of their Whose Heritage? Project which tracks the removal of Confederate memorials across the…
Floyd thegrio.com
January 29, 2022
An attorney for one of the former police officers on trial for allegedly violating George Floyd’s civil rights suggested inadequate…
January 28, 2022
A Hammond, Louisiana police department is under fire after the violent arrest of Kentdrick Ratliff four years ago is revealed.
doctor medical thegrio.com
January 28, 2022
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the 2021 school year started with the largest and most diverse class…
Floyd thegrio.com
January 25, 2022
Prosecutors played video from a police body camera as testimony resumed at the trial of three officers accused of violating…
Floyd thegrio.com
January 24, 2022
Prosecutors in the trial of three ex-officers accused the men of standing by as Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right…
January 21, 2022
A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked for the federal trial of three police officers charged…
January 20, 2022
Jury selection began in the federal trial for three former officers who are charged with violating George Floyd’s constitutional rights.
January 5, 2022
Bullets struck Arianna Delane, 4, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day while she slept in her Houston…
December 27, 2021
Some critics say artist Kelly Latimore’s painting, Mama, depicting Floyd as Jesus Christ, is 'blasphemous'.
December 24, 2021
A pardon request in a 2004 drug conviction for George Floyd has now been withdrawn by Texas officials and there's…
A demonstrator holds a sign with an image of Kim Potter
December 23, 2021
We have not begun needed work for justice in policing, but hopefully convictions will send shockwaves through America's police departments.
December 21, 2021
Texas governor George Abbott is considering a pardon for George Floyd for his 2004 conviction on drug charges.
December 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, averting a trial.