Police Brutality

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Sonya Massey, police shooting, theGrio.com
July 19, 2024
The 36-year-old Illinois woman called 911 because she was concerned about a prowler and ended up getting killed by police.
D'Vontaye Mitchell, Nayish Mitchell, Samantha Mitchell, theGrio.com
July 11, 2024
D'Vontaye Mitchell’s death on June 30 has become the most recent flashpoint in what some see as the systemic brutal…
May 14, 2024
Most violations involved pinning people facedown in ways that could restrict their breathing or stunning them often with Tasers.
March 23, 2024
Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner expressed frustration Friday with lawmakers who have derailed police reform efforts.
March 19, 2024
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee will sentence two defendants each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after twice delaying it.
March 9, 2024
The phrase "say her name" was popularized by civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw in 2015, following the death of Sandra Bland.
March 9, 2024
Christopher Schurr is charged with shooting Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant, in the back of the head after an April…
March 9, 2024
Defense attorneys sought to avoid “parallel prosecutions" for the ex-Memphis officers charged with murdering Tyre Nichols in January 2023.
Darius McLean, theGrio.com
March 6, 2024
OPINION: Celena Morrison recorded a Pennsylvania state trooper arresting her and her husband, Darius McLean, over a traffic stop, and…
March 2, 2024
Daryl Vance fell, hit his head and died three weeks after a Detroit officer punched him during a confrontation in…
February 11, 2024
The city of Circleville agreed to pay Jadarrius Rose $225,000 after he suffered bites from a police dog last July.
January 22, 2024
A French court convicted three police officers of “voluntary violence” towards a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered…
December 22, 2023
Manny Ellis was shocked, beaten and held face-down, begging for breath. There was a gasp from the court at the…
December 13, 2023
Missouri's second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns…
December 1, 2023
Five former correctional officers in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday in connection with the 2022…
October 22, 2023
In July, Jadarrius Rose was the latest Black American attacked by police dogs, a history well documented in media.
October 15, 2023
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey asked that a federal civil lawsuit against him be dismissed, arguing for "qualified immunity."
Ta'Kiya Young, police shooting, theGrio.com
September 12, 2023
Newly released videos appear to show Ta'Kiya Young stealing alcohol, and people seem to think that justifies police killing her. 
Ta'Kiya Young shooting, theGrio.com
September 5, 2023
A police officer in Blendon Township, Ohio, killed the 21-year-old pregnant woman after she was accused of stealing alcohol from…
August 30, 2023
For months, theGrio has investigated how a wellness check for Ricardo Gary turned into a deadly police encounter.