Police Brutality

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February 1, 2019
The New York Police Department has yet to disclose the names of instructors who trained an officer accused in the…
Lawrence Crosby was brutally arrested by Evanston Police after being accused of stealing his own car. (Patch) thegrio.com
January 23, 2019
Lawrence Crosby, a doctoral student who was pulled over by police in 2015 for allegedly stealing a car that belonged…
January 22, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — Activists and others who were disappointed by the outcome of two historic cases involving the killing of…
January 18, 2019
A Cook Country judge Vincent Gaughan has just sentenced former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke to eighty one months for…
Special prosecutor Patricia Brown Holmes speaks to reporters at the courthouse Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Chicago. Former Detective David March, ex-Officer Joseph Walsh and Officer Thomas Gaffney, three Chicago police officers accused accused of trying to cover up the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014, were acquitted by a judge Thursday. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) thegrio.com
January 18, 2019
A judge rejected allegations that the shocking video of Laquan McDonald's death proved that Chicago police officers tried to stage…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
January 17, 2019
Officer Thomas Gaffney, former Officer Joseph Walsh, and former Detective David March were each charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice,…
Eric Reid thegrio.com
January 11, 2019
Attorneys for Eric Reid dispute a joint statement by the NFL and NFL Players Association that says the Carolina Panthers…
Police Car thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
The Portland man who was shot and killed by police on Sunday was said to be struggling with a mental…
Eric Reid thegrio.com
January 10, 2019
The NFL and the NFL Players Association say outspoken Eric Reid was not singled out with excessive drug tests.
Kamala Harris thegrio.com
January 8, 2019
As she nears a decision on whether to seek the presidency, Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on what could be…
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January 2, 2019
On Wednesday, a Cincinnati, Ohio police officer was suspended after he was caught on body cam video calling a Black…
Georgia school resource officer chokes student for stealing candy bar thegrio.com
December 20, 2018
Parents of a Covington, Georgia teen are upset and are preparing for a legal fight after their son was slammed…
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December 20, 2018
After a video surfaced showing a Tennessee Black man getting pummeled by a white police officer while handcuffed the state’s…
Police officer seen on video body slamming student
December 18, 2018
After a video leaked showing two police officers roughing up a middle school student and slamming him to the ground…
Colorism
December 17, 2018
Jazmine Headley made headlines when a video of her son being ripped from her arms took flight and put the NYPD…
NYPD thegrio.com
December 15, 2018
There will be no punishment for a group of New York City police officers who ripped a toddler from the…
December 14, 2018
The family of Deborah Danner, a mentally ill woman who was killed in her Bronx home by an NYPD sergeant,…
Laquan McDonald thegrio.com
November 30, 2018
Four police officers who reportedly conspired to cover up the details of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, will go before…
November 30, 2018
Four St. Louis police officers, who conspired to cover up the brutal beating an undercover cop who posed as a…
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November 29, 2018
Ex-Weirton, W.Va., officer Stephen Mader filed a federal lawsuit against the department and it was settled in February for $175,000.