Police Shootings

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Sean Grayson, Sonya Massey
October 29, 2025
Before Sean Grayson was convicted of killing Sonya Massey, the ex-cop had a lengthy disciplinary record and several red flags.
Sonya Massey, police shooting, 911 call, theGrio.com
August 1, 2024
“Please don’t send no combative policemen that are prejudiced,” Donna Massey said before her daughter was shot in the face…
Senior Airman Roger Fortson
May 15, 2024
Roger Fortson is yet another Black life lost because the police officer shot and killed him within seconds of encountering…
Ta'Kiya Young, police shooting, theGrio.com
September 12, 2023
Newly released videos appear to show Ta'Kiya Young stealing alcohol, and people seem to think that justifies police killing her. 
Ta'Kiya Young shooting, theGrio.com
September 5, 2023
A police officer in Blendon Township, Ohio, killed the 21-year-old pregnant woman after she was accused of stealing alcohol from…
April 17, 2023
The eight officers initially were placed on leave, but they returned to administrative duties 3 1/2 months after the shooting.
July 19, 2022
"I don’t know what city they’re living in," Mayor Van Johnson said of protesters, "but police reform is something we’re…
June 30, 2022
Saudi Arai Lee, slain on Friday, was from Carver Village, a largely Black neighborhood in Savannah, which, residents say, is…
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…
May 31, 2022
The eyewitness, Shédanja, says the woman told Kansas City cops she was pregnant and couldn’t lie down on the ground…
May 17, 2022
The Johns Hopkins University study showed that in four of the 10 states, the increase in cop-involved shootings was significantly…
May 13, 2022
Volunteers with the Charleston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America are on a mission to minimize excessive police stops.
May 10, 2022
Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake in August 2020, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, sparking massive protests.
May 9, 2022
Two former police officers with the Lawton Police Department have been charged with manslaughter for killing an unarmed Black man.
May 4, 2022
The Florida man killed by Osceola County deputy sheriffs outside a Target store has been identified as 20-year-old Jayden Baez. 
April 24, 2022
The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that authorities identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native…
April 15, 2022
An officer-worn body cam cuts off before footage that could be important to the Patrick Lyoya police shooting.
April 7, 2022
A 20-year-old Louisiana man was shot by a sheriff's deputy after an accident left the vehicle in which he was…
March 31, 2022
The city of Miami Beach has won a legal battle over the removal of a portrait of a Black man…
March 23, 2022
SC officer Cassandra Dollard, charged in a fatal shooting, told investigators she did not know what was in the man's hand when…