Police Brutality

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September 20, 2019
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. CAROLINA, Puerto Rico- When Marcos A. Rivera Ortiz, Esq. walks into his
This Jan. 26, 2018, file photo showing police body-camera footage released by Milwaukee Police Department shows NBA Bucks guard Sterling Brown talking to arresting police officers after being shot by a stun gun in a Walgreens parking lot in Milwaukee. Milwaukee city officials are offering Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and targeting him because he's black when they confronted him over a parking violation. The city's Common Council authorized the offer Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, during a closed session. Brown has 14 days to accept or decline it. (Milwaukee Police Department via AP, File) thegrio.com
September 5, 2019
An attorney for Bucks guard Sterling Brown says Milwaukee's $400,000 offer to settle Brown's lawsuit against the city over his…
Police Car thegrio.com
August 31, 2019
The DeKalb Police Department is investigating allegations of excessive force against one of its officers after a viral video hit…
Police Car thegrio.com
August 28, 2019
A disturbing video has emerged showing a man unconscious and a woman begging for police to check his pulse after…
Police bodycam footage shows Officer Christopher Martinez brutally beating 17-year-old London Wallace. (ABC7)
August 26, 2019
An internal affairs investigation is underway after a teen’s family filed a lawsuit against the Fresno, California Police Department after…
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills kneels during the singing of the National Anthem before the start of an NFL football preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) thegrio.com
August 23, 2019
Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores says he supports the NFL player protest movement and receiver Kenny Stills' involvement, but wants…
High School
August 22, 2019
Alma Grandy claims her 15-year-old daughter Mikkia Grandy was involved in a fight at Newton High School in Covington, Georgia and…
crime scene thegrio.com
August 22, 2019
After a Black woman said NYPD hit her in the head and knocked her down at the Marcy Houses Family…
Justice for Stephon Clark thegrio.com
August 20, 2019
On Monday, the legislation was signed into action by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and tightens criteria on the use of…
NYPD TheGrio
August 20, 2019
Janay Graham, 29, said she is planning to sue cops who she alleges assaulted her outside a Brooklyn housing development…
New Hampshire TheGrio
August 19, 2019
There will be no repercussions for two white Texas cops who tied a mentally ill Black man’s hands behind his…
Eric Garner placed in a chokehold by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo (Video still/ Ramsey Orta/YouTube)
August 19, 2019
A New York judge affirmed that Officer Daniel Pantaleo did not give credible testimony and was “untruthful” in his narrative…
In this June 18, 2019 file photo Dravon Ames, holding microphone, speaks to Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, as his fiancee, Iesha Harper, right, holds 1-year-old daughter London, at a community meeting in Phoenix. Still stinging from national outrage sparked this summer by a videotaped encounter of officers pointing guns and cursing at the family, community members are holding low-key meetings aimed at helping Phoenix officials figure out how citizens could help oversee the city's officers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) thegrio.com
August 19, 2019
Dozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Jay-Z appear at a news conference at ROC Nation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 in New York. The NFL and ROC Nation, Jay-Z’s entertainment and sports representation company, announced Tuesday they were teaming up for events and social activism, a deal Jay-Z said had been in the works over the last seven months. (Ben Hider/AP Images for NFL) thegrio.com
August 15, 2019
A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that…
Ku Klux Klan kkk thegrio.com
August 13, 2019
Rob Mathis and his wife, Reyna were touring a five-bedroom home in Holton, Michigan when they stumbled upon racist memorabilia,…
Botham Jean thegrio.com
August 13, 2019
A Dallas judge has decided that potential jurors in the Amber Guyger case need to be questioned first before she…
Police Car thegrio.com
July 31, 2019
An intense scuffle between a Black motorist and two Mississippi Highway Patrol officers was caught on video after the troopers…
NYPD thegrio.com
July 25, 2019
Calls for racial and cultural diversity in police departments have been on the rise in recent years, but the findings…
Police Car thegrio.com
July 10, 2019
Video has surfaced of a violent February arrest of NFL free agent Malik McDowell in Michigan and it's raising more…
Phoenix Police Department Sgt. Kevin Johnson demonstrates the new Axon Body 2 body camera to fellow officers as another precinct gets their cameras assigned to them Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Phoenix. Although body-worn cameras are becoming a police standard nationwide, Phoenix was among the last big departments to adopt their widespread use. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
July 8, 2019
A Phoenix police officer yelled obscenities and forced an unarmed black man suspected of shoplifting up against a patrol car.…