Police Shootings

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NYPD thegrio.com
July 25, 2019
Calls for racial and cultural diversity in police departments have been on the rise in recent years, but the findings…
Ellen Degeneres Van Jones thegrio.com
April 22, 2018
Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres speaks with CNN's Van Jones about the onslaught of police shootings.
March 28, 2018
During Wednesday’s briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump believes police shootings of unarmed Black men are a…
March 26, 2018
TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police
July 18, 2017
The officer who killed Justine Damond on Saturday has been identified as Somali-American Mohamed Noor, who had only two years…
July 13, 2017
Authorities ended their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in a Walmart store, concluding there wasn't…
June 16, 2017
Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop that was later…
January 11, 2017
ATLANTA (AP) — The so-called “Ferguson effect” — officers backing off of policing out of fear that their actions will
December 1, 2016
Body camera footage has emerged which shows a white Maryland police officer shooting an unarmed black man in the back.
November 30, 2016
A Charlotte, North Carolina district attorney's office declined to bring criminal charges against the officer involved in the fatal shooting…
November 3, 2016
Juries in Cincinnati and Charleston, South Carolina, will decide the fates of white former officers charged with murder in the…
November 1, 2016
Jurors in the murder trial of a white police officer who fatally shot unarmed Sam DuBose during a traffic stop…
October 31, 2016
After 16-year-old Kimani Gray was fatally shot seven times by police, his hands were restrained behind his back in pink…
October 24, 2016
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said the officers involved in the killing of Jamar Clark followed proper procedure and will…
October 24, 2016
Kerry Washington just had a baby a week ago, but she isn't taking a break from activism, if her latest…
October 24, 2016
Renee Davis, who was five months pregnant, was shot and killed by King County sheriff's deputies on Friday in Auburn,…
October 21, 2016
On Thursday, the head of a police union suggested that the sergeant who shot Deborah Danner did so because he…
October 20, 2016
Sgt. Hugh Barry, the police officer who shot and killed 66-year-old Deborah Danner, was sued twice for abuse of power…
October 19, 2016
Deborah Danner, 66, was shot and killed after she allegedly attacked police with a baseball bat.
October 18, 2016
FBI Director James Comey claimed that “Americans actually have no idea” how often police use force because there is simply…