Police Abuse

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March 20, 2024
On Tuesday, Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton got their sentences. tomorrow, Brett McAlpin and Joshua Hartfield face theirs.
January 11, 2024
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has pushed back sentencing to March. In October, he granted some ex-officers' motions to delay…
January 4, 2024
Funds from Florissant's settlement will be given to over 85,000 people jailed or fined there between Oct. 31, 2011 and…
December 22, 2023
Manny Ellis was shocked, beaten and held face-down, begging for breath. There was a gasp from the court at the…
Jayland Walker
July 13, 2022
He was remembered in a service attended by around a 1,000 people as a quiet, kind and humorous young man,…
police reform, Minneapolis, George Floyd, theGrio.com
April 28, 2022
The 72-page report also found that police arrested and used force against people of color at a much higher rate…
Louisville Police Officer Charged With Wanton Endangerment In Breonna Taylor's Death
February 3, 2022
A former Louisville, Kentucky, police officer will spend two years in prison for assaulting a protester during a 2020 demonstration.
Eric Adams thegrio.com
July 8, 2021
Writer Touré says he has zero faith Eric Adams can deliver needed police reform to keep Black people from being…
October 13, 2020
Donald Neely, who was led on foot by mounted Galveston police officers, has filed a lawsuit in the hopes it…
May 18, 2020
Two Kansas City police offers were charged with assault on Friday nearly one year after they were seen on video…
April 11, 2020
Dr. Armen Henderson, a University of Miami internist who lauded for COVID-19 testing for the homeless, was handcuffed after refusing…
Jaylan Butler
February 16, 2020
Jaylan Butler is suing for unlawful search and seizure, false arrest and excessive force after police detained him and pointed…
December 12, 2019
Daniel Wilkey, a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy, is under indictment after an incident in which he damaged the anus of…
MUSEUM OF BROKEN WINDOWS thegrio.com
September 26, 2018
The Museum of Broken Windows a pop-up exhibition hosted by the New York Civil Liberties Union features works representing the…
James Barnett
May 23, 2018
Two Mississippi police officers who were fired after allegations of assaulting James Barnett, an African-American man, are facing possible additional…
Chikesia Clemons thegio
November 3, 2017
The former police chief, who assaulted and used a racial slur against a suspect, has been charged with a hate…
February 23, 2016
When did America’s police become so soft? This isn’t to say that all police officers are cowardly; a good majority are hard-working
November 25, 2015
Laquan McDonald was a human being. But in the video footage of his murder, Officer Jason Van Dyke treated Laquan…
September 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A young black man in Utah was fatally shot 6 times by the police, after allegedly lunging…