Philando Castile

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Marijuana plants
September 17, 2021
Legalizing marijuana will put an end to one of the justifications for the harassment, incarceration and death of POC in…
Philando Castile thegrio.com
July 6, 2021
It has been five years since the police shooting death of Philando Castile and police reform is still being advocated…
Naomi Osaka Beats by Dre thegrio.com
November 19, 2020
Naomi Osaka represents Gen-Z in the Beats by Dre ad and voiced her need to use her platform for social…
George Floyd Minneapolis police reform thegrio.com
July 22, 2020
Lawmakers in Minnesota passed a police reform bill two months after the death of George Floyd led to nationwide protests…
June 1, 2020
OPINION: Ian L. Haddock says the pattern of racial violence in America has awakened his understanding of his identity as…
Valerie Castile thegrio.com
May 31, 2020
George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police has triggered bad memories for a Minnesota mother whose son was…
Valerie Castile, thegrio.com
May 4, 2019
Philando Castile's mother Valerie delivered an $8,000 check to Robbinsdale Cooper High School in New Hope, Minn. to help wipe…
Lezley McSpadden Benjamin Crump thegrio.com
April 24, 2018
[griojw id=”K3qVCdMi” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Lezley McSpadden, the mother of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown, is gearing up to be the change
National School Walkout Day thegrio.com
March 14, 2018
[griojw id=”xdcOOg99″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] TheGrio reached out to African-American teens across the country to share their thoughts on the aftermath of
December 1, 2017
Sgt. Tom McBroom says Black people 'don’t have a pot to piss in'
November 29, 2017
ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota city that employed a police officer who fatally shot a black motorist during
September 1, 2017
A new fundraising project called Philando Feeds the Children is aiming to clear out the lunch debts for students at…
August 3, 2017
Philando Castile's father is fighting for a portion of the $3 million settlement reached in relation to his son's fatal…
July 12, 2017
[griojw id=”QSB6ten5″ playerid=”BqxyiSkR”] Who was Delrawn Small? On this episode of “True Story with Natasha Alford,” Natasha visits the family
July 11, 2017
Writer Preston Mitchum slams the National Rifle Association's recent ad as an attempt to feed into propaganda and marginalize people…
July 11, 2017
When it comes to police officers who kill black people, the system has a perverted sense of justice...
July 10, 2017
The NRA has finally released a statement about the death of Philando Castile, a man who had a permit to
July 7, 2017
A group of alumni who went to Central High School with Philando Castile have come together to award a scholarship…
June 27, 2017
There isn’t a day that goes by when Black and brown people are not thinking about what oppression looks like.
June 26, 2017
The settlement to be paid to Valerie Castile, the family's trustee, comes after officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter…