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Metropolitan Police Officer, theGrio.com
September 22, 2021
Black women who currently and previously worked for Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. are calling out the racism and…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
June 29, 2021
Negotiations to pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act are being “torpedoed” by police organizations, says U.S. Rep. Hakeem…
San Francisco police deadly force robots
June 11, 2021
Law enforcement agencies experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of officers.
Details of the security kit of a riot police officer (including handcuffs, 9mm handgun, radio station and baton)
April 29, 2021
Dr. Jason Johnson writes that one way to have police reform is by licensing cops like teachers, doctors, and even…
April 26, 2021
U.S. Del. Stacey Plaskett described qualified immunity as a "hood" for bad cops who she described as "modern-day Klu Klux…
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
April 14, 2021
In an interview with theGrio, Kamala Harris called for "full accountability" in the Chauvin trial and said Wright "should still…
Derek Chauvin, theGrio.com
April 12, 2021
If Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd on videotape, is convicted it will be due to the riveting expert testimony…
March 25, 2021
Troy Doyle's suit accusing St. Louis County of backtracking on appointing him police chief is one of many examples of…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and George Floyd
March 3, 2021
Cheered on by President Biden, Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the George Floyd Justice Policing Act to overhaul policing nationwide.
January 24, 2021
During a street race in downtown Tacoma, Washington on Saturday night, a police officer ran over pedestrians.
January 13, 2021
Maya Wiley says she is running for NYC's next mayor to lead a city government that is transformative and not…
January 11, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: A high-ranking law enforcement source tells theGrio there will 'absolutely' be increased security leading into Inauguration Day.
Tamir Rice thegrio.com
December 29, 2020
The DOJ will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir…
profiling California report thegrio.com
December 14, 2020
California law enforcement rejected nearly every racial profiling complaint received. Despite alarming numbers, bias is hard to prove.
October 31, 2020
Miami cops Roderick Flowers and Keith Edwards were charged for allegedly working for a cocaine-trafficking operation.
September 13, 2020
Two law enforcement officials are said to be in critical condition and a suspect is at large after the officers…
September 10, 2020
OPINION: The rallying call to defund the police, which was birthed out of the George Floyd protests, has become a…
September 6, 2020
A grand jury will investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man whom Rochester police placed a hood over…
August 30, 2020
Todd Wright, who was sheriff of Arkansas County, submitted his resignation on Friday after hurling the N-word multiple times at…
August 21, 2020
In yet another attempt at voter suppression, President Donald Trump has threatened to send law enforcement to polling places on…