Police Brutality

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November 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - November 25th marked the six year anniversary of the shooting death of Sean Bell. Mourners gathered in…
November 13, 2012
A disabled African American man was awarded $1.6 million last week Wednesday in damages after jury found that LAPD officers…
November 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Navy veteran who was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer is claiming she…
October 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices have raised serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and…
October 9, 2012
VIDEO - Marie Ginette Mondesir says she called 911 for help in her son's medical emergency, but police ended up…
October 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The death of 35 year-old mother of two Alesia Thomas, and the brutal arrests of 34-year-old nurse…
October 1, 2012
PHILADELPHIA - Cell phone video that appears to show a woman being struck by a police officer at the Philadelphia…
September 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On July 22nd, Alesia Thomas died in police custody after being placed in hobble restraint device and…
August 31, 2012
LOS ANGELES - A 35-year-old mother died last month while she was in custody of officers after an arrest recorded…
August 22, 2012
VIDEO - The 20-year-old Venice skateboarder whose weekend arrest sparked protests in the city has hired the attorney representing slain…
August 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A 20-year-old college student who says he was beaten by Los Angeles police officers Saturday says he…
August 21, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Dozens of supporters gathered in Venice on Monday night to protest the weekend arrest of a 20-year-old…
August 13, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Lincoln Rocha had just taken some photographs of his wife while they visited crowded Times Square…
August 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The controversy surrounding the Chavis Carter case has caused the local black community in Jonesboro to question police…
August 1, 2012
OPINION - When TJ Holmes says that 'Driving while black ain’t no joke,' believe him...
July 18, 2012
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The lawyer for a black high school student who said he was beaten and wrongly arrested by…
July 2, 2012
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Police in suburban New York responding to a medical alert used excessive force when they…
June 19, 2012
Los Angeles Times reported that Sandra Gardea, 31, one of Rodney King's next door neighbors said she heard music playing…
June 18, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police 'stop-and-frisk' tactics on…
June 18, 2012
OPINION - Before Rodney King, police brutality was not on the radar screen of white Americans, who were all too…