Police Brutality

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October 27, 2022
A federal jury on Wednesday returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused…
October 25, 2022
TheGrio/KFF Survey of Black Voters found that very few Black voters (17%) support decreasing funding for police departments in their…
Tyler Wade beaten on bodycam
October 13, 2022
Detroit-area teen Tyler Wade has filed a federal lawsuit against police officers after they allegedly used excessive force in attacking…
October 8, 2022
“What bothers me so incredibly, is that so many lives were lost because of this lie,” said Hannah Drake, a…
September 24, 2022
The death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was still listed as undetermined, not a homicide, the report shows.
September 24, 2022
Fort Worth, Texas settled a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Jacqueline Craig over her and her daughter's arrests in…
August 1, 2022
Teliah Perkins also alleges two New Orleans deputies used excessive force on her son by shoving and threatening him with…
July 30, 2022
Louisiana dropped its case against Aaron Bowman, a Black man beaten in a 2019 arrest that led to criminal charges.
July 21, 2022
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been asked to probe a traffic stop Saturday that left a Black man badly…
July 14, 2022
The family of Roderick Brooks is asking for the body camera footage to be released and for more transparency.
July 9, 2022
Randy Cox was paralyzed when a police van without seatbelts braked suddenly in Connecticut, leading to calls for charges against…
Protestors Rally Outside Republican National Convention In Cleveland
July 8, 2022
Timothy Loehmann was sworn in on Tuesday as the lone police officer in Tioga but left the $18-per-hour position without…
Derek Chauvin, theGrio.com
July 5, 2022
The plea agreement of the former Minneapolis police officer calls for a sentence of 20 to 25 years in prison.…
July 2, 2022
At least eight Akron police officers have been put on leave after firing more than 90 shots at an unarmed…
June 24, 2022
Mayor Johnny Hammock is calling for a probe of Tallassee Police and the immediate termination of the offending officer.
George Floyd Square, theGrio.com
June 21, 2022
Judge Peter Cahill set the new trial date after the state sought to start it as soon as this summer…
June 11, 2022
Officers are rarely charged with crimes in civilian deaths, and it’s even rarer for them to be convicted. Some recent…
June 11, 2022
Don Cook, an Arkansas attorney, was hospitalized after police fired a beanbag during a protest at the Capitol over George Floyd’s…
TempeTownLake
June 10, 2022
Groups including PLM Phoenix Metro and White People Against White Supremacy gathered to decry the drowning of Sean Bickings.
June 9, 2022
The federal probe comes amid evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face…