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August 10, 2020
A video shows LA County sheriffs in Santa Clarita, pointing guns at a group of Black male teens who had…
NYPD thegrio.com
July 27, 2020
The NYPD is being accused of illegally warehousing and accessing the sealed arrest records of New York citizens which is…
NYPD thegrio.com
July 17, 2020
OPINION: Jerika L. Richardson, of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, says now is the time to finally…
New York Governor Cuomo Holds Briefing In Manhattan
July 10, 2020
New York Gov. Cuomo has signed into law nearly a dozen aggressive police reform bills seeking more transparency and accountability…
June 25, 2020
The House approved a police overhaul as a divided Congress struggles to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other…
June 25, 2020
New York City police officer David Afanador was suspended after putting a man in what authorities said was a banned…
Breonna Taylor theGrio.com
June 23, 2020
The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.
June 23, 2020
theGrio's Dr. Jason Johnson lays out a non-radical approach to how cities can 'abolish' the police without completely getting rid…
June 13, 2020
Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday, less than 24 hours after a Black man was killed by an officer in a…
June 10, 2020
Queen Muse hopes for a new system that prioritizes the humanity of Black people over profit; a system that doesn’t…
June 10, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: While police allege Jahmel Leach committed arson, the teen maintains his innocence and says he was simply trying to…
June 9, 2020
An Air Force sergeant is behind bars after two suspcious killings of law enforcement officers that may be related to…
June 6, 2020
Lauderdale County, Tenn., Sheriff Steve Sanders has admitted to using the n-word after he was caught using the racist slur…
June 5, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Negotiators for the city of Minneapolis agreed with the state Friday to ban the use of chokeholds
June 5, 2020
After the recent charges against the killers of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, we must now lift up our voices…
June 4, 2020
The kneeling of cops at protests across the country is a de-escalation tactic disguised as solidarity, say writers Stacey Patton…
June 3, 2020
OPINION: Atlanta police tasing and dragging Spelman and Morehouse students out of a car highlights a deeper issue with policing…
Amy Cooper Karen theGrio.com
June 1, 2020
OPINION: Ernest Owens says there need to be serious penalties for calling the cops on Black people for doing absolutely…
May 21, 2020
A lawsuit accuses four white St. Louis police officers of brutalizing a 68-year-old Black woman and her son after wrongly…
Breaion King
February 19, 2018
On June 15, 2015, a car driven by vibrant, 26-year-old African-American schoolteacher Breaion King was pursued by a police officer…