Police Violence

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Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, theGrio.com
June 12, 2025
Sheriff Wayne Ivey, a Republican, echoed Trump's recent comments about Los Angeles protesters: "If they spit, we will hit.”
Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, theGrio.com
August 9, 2024
For those seeking justice for Brown’s police killing and to put an end to racial police violence, the fight continues…
September 21, 2023
Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas of “I can’t breathe” before the Black…
September 14, 2023
Five former Connecticut police officers who were arrested for allegedly mistreating Randy Cox after he was paralyzed in the back…
September 8, 2023
A town in Virginia has agreed to independent reviews of misconduct allegations against its police force to settle a lawsuit filed after…
August 18, 2023
A district attorney in Tennessee said Thursday that his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former…
Chicago PD
August 9, 2023
Prosecutors dropped charges Tuesday against a white former Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a Black woman who…
July 17, 2023
The FBI has opened criminal investigations into violent encounters involving Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
LASD Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies thegrio.com
July 14, 2023
For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in…
July 12, 2023
A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a…
July 11, 2023
A suburban Detroit police officer who punched a young Black man in the face and slammed his head to the ground was…
June 28, 2023
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in…
March 22, 2023
An independent review says London police have lost the confidence of the public because of deep-seated racism, misogyny and homophobia.
February 23, 2023
The gun violence crisis is harming Black Americans at historically high levels, despite national numbers trending downward.
February 14, 2023
A Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols' brutal…
February 8, 2023
Thirteen Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in connection with the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols, officials said Tuesday.
February 8, 2023
Officer Demetrius Haley stood over Tyre Nichols as he lay propped against a police car and took photographs, which Haley…
February 7, 2023
Historically these units bring significant harm to the Black community.
February 3, 2023
A civil rights group in New Orleans is pointing to two federal lawsuit settlements as examples of how civil litigation…
Tyre Nichols
January 31, 2023
Two more Memphis police officers have been disciplined and three emergency responders fired in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols.