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Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
March 9, 2022
The former "Empire" Jussie Smollett could be sentenced to probation or a maximum 15 years for felony disorderly conduct.
March 8, 2022
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act of 2022 passed Monday night by unanimous consent. It now heads to the president's desk.
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
Jussie Smollett has requested that the court revisit his guilty conviction of a staged hate crime in 2019.
Ahmaud Arbery, theGrio.com
February 23, 2022
Today's inaugural Ahmaud Arbery Day will be marked with prayer vigils and memorial events, including a special sponsored run.
February 19, 2022
U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled closing arguments for Monday, which will mark one week since the trial…
February 14, 2022
Judge Lisa Godbey Wood is prepared to seat 12 jurors and four alternates, and opening arguments in the hate-crimes case…
Colton Donner thegrio.com
February 13, 2022
A Kansas man has pled guilty to a federal hate crime of threatening a Black minor with a knife for…
February 7, 2022
Jury selection in the federal trial of Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan starts today.
February 5, 2022
Travis and Greg McMichael ultimately decided against a plea bargain, but not before their willingness to cut a deal was widely…
February 4, 2022
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael reverse course after a judge rejected the terms of their plea agreement.
January 31, 2022
Investigators said Richard Burnham used racial slurs against a group of teens as he smashed their vehicle with a pipe…
January 31, 2022
The plea deal on federal hate crime charges means Arbery's killers will serve decades in better prison conditions.
January 22, 2022
Lawyers argued if “racially insensitive” text messages should be allowed as evidence in the hate crimes trial over Ahmaud Arbery's…
January 8, 2022
Sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery will soon stand…
November 21, 2021
Portland law enforcement declared a riot Friday evening following the not-guilty verdict for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.
November 16, 2021
Texas teen says he was attacked with a stun gun on Halloween by some Woodsboro High School classmates wearing Ku…
theGRIO.com
October 17, 2021
Police arrested Michael Hayes as the assailant who shot a Black man seven times while calling him the n-word in…
US Marshals sex trafficking Not Forgotten thegrio.com
October 5, 2021
A man charged with a hate crime after allegedly hurling racial slurs and spitting at a Black woman has quit…
October 1, 2021
Washington was shot dead "where more than 90% of residents are white, and gun violence in the downtown area is…
theGRIO.com
August 20, 2021
A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children to try to kill them because of…