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January 4, 2023
California law enforcement was more than twice as likely to use force against people they perceived as Black compared to…
November 12, 2022
The North Carolina sheriff resigned in late October following a leaked recording of his derogatory 2019 rant about Black employees.
October 25, 2022
A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black…
October 7, 2022
A white sheriff's deputy in Michigan was reprimanded after body camera footage showed him tell a Black woman that he…
Mississippi roadblocks thegrio.com
October 7, 2022
Police in Mississippi's capital city have agreed to pull back on aggressive roadblocks in response to a lawsuit that said Jackson officers…
October 6, 2022
A North Carolina judge has suspended a sheriff who was recorded calling Black employees by derogatory names and saying they…
September 30, 2022
A North Carolina sheriff was recorded calling Black employees by derogatory names and saying they should be fired, a television…
August 17, 2022
A civil rights organization is seeking a temporary restraining order against the Lexington police department.
July 2, 2022
The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating a white male lieutenant’s alleged use of the N-word while calling a 911 radio…
May 15, 2022
Video footage of Georgia officers searching a Delaware State University sports team's bus contradicts the sheriff’s account of the incident.
March 12, 2022
The family of Donnie Sanders is suing the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners and the officer behind the Black…
February 20, 2022
The Briarcliffe Volunteer Fire Company is under investigation after some members allegedly made racist comments during a virtual call.
Sheffield Lake Police Officer Keith Pool
November 13, 2021
Keith Pool, the first and only Black officer in the department, said his boss, Anthony Campo waved white officers over…
Rodeo Drive thegrio.com
October 31, 2021
Two Los Angeles attorneys accused a Beverly Hills Police unit of profiling Black people shopping on Rodeo Drive.
September 2, 2021
Of the 106 people arrested by the Rodeo Drive Task Force in Beverly Hills, attorney Benjamin Crump alleges, 105 were…