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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…
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 8, 2022
Mel Reeves, a longtime Minneapolis civil rights activist and journalist for Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper, has died.
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 23, 2021
Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old motorist Daunte Wright.
December 21, 2021
Kim Potter is on trial for killing Daunte Wright and police experts say she made mistakes in what should have…
December 17, 2021
Former officer Kim Potter took the stand Friday at her manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte…
December 16, 2021
Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Kim Potter, the officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
December 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, averting a trial.
December 13, 2021
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating George Floyd ’s…
December 9, 2021
Video footage shows Joe Morrow being handcuffed inside a U.S. Bank as he tries to cash his "fake" paycheck, which…
December 9, 2021
The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified about the chaos right…
December 8, 2021
A prosecutor at the trial of the cop who killed Daunte Wright told jurors that Potter violated her training and…
November 30, 2021
The new Minnesota Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women is underway, as members gathered for the first…
November 18, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert had made a House floor speech hinting at improprieties by Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Ilhan Omar included.
November 16, 2021
"I was angry, I was disgusted, I was sad, I was confused," 14-year-old Nya Sigin said of the vile video…
November 14, 2021
Investigators are looking into whether Minneapolis police have a “pattern or practice” of policing that is unlawful or unconstitutional.
Nya Sigin heGRIO.com
November 11, 2021
Officials at a Minneapolis high school are investigating a racist video in which a white student encourages her classmate to…