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Benjamin Crump
April 25, 2018
Civil Rights attorney Benjamin Crump said that Chikesia Clemons, the 25-year-old woman who endured a violent arrest at an Alabama…
police cars thegrio.com
April 25, 2018
Here is a short list of examples from just the past month where theoretically simple aspects of being human got…
Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross thegrio.com
April 19, 2018
[griojw id=”zZBDQwHb” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   In a surprising turn of events, the Philadelphia police commissioner is no longer dismissing the concerns
April 19, 2018
Saheed Vassell was killed by NYPD officers. Today the Brooklyn community he loved will hold his funeral.
Eric DeKeyzer hurls racial slurs in Georgia thegrio.com
April 17, 2018
[griojw id=”9NdrBxUl” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] A Black history teacher and football coach showed a lot of restraint after a white man lunged
Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross thegrio.com
April 14, 2018
After video surfaced on social media showing Philadelphia police officers arresting two Black men at Starbucks many people were wondering
Starbucks arrest in Philadelphia thegrio.com
April 14, 2018
[griojw id=”k4zjxlS0″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Starbucks has some explaining to do after video surfaced on social media showing Philadelphia police officers arresting
Dekalb
April 3, 2018
A grand jury in DeKalb County, Ga., just outside of Atlanta, has indicted a former police officer who is accused…
Devonte Hart thegrio.com
April 2, 2018
In a sad turn of events, police now say that an accident that killed a family who veered off a
police
March 30, 2018
During a council budget meeting in the Washington D.C., on Thursday, Police Chief Peter Newsham admitted that his department had not been properly…
March 26, 2018
Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton has made a promise to attend the funeral of Stephon Clark and vowed to do what he can…
March 26, 2018
The Sacramento police department, still reeling from weekend protests over the killing of an unarmed Black man Stephon Clark, was hit…
March 25, 2018
[griojw id=”4sdXoZih” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] Clifton Kinnie said “enough is enough” at 17 years old.  He organized in Ferguson after the death
March 20, 2018
Jaylen Lamar Farmer was convicted of attempted capital murder and received an outrageous sentence for a case that didn’t result
KKK image thegrio.com
March 20, 2018
Parents are outraged at California school after a controversial picture of a police officer in a KKK hood pointing a
Glen "Big Baby" Davis thegrio.com
March 19, 2018
Former Boston Celtics center Glen "Big Baby" Davis faces seven charges of drug possession after police say they found the…
March 19, 2018
In Jacksonville Florida, walking while black is a crime, or so it seems after Sheriff Mike Williams admitted that police
Chicago Police thegrio.com
March 16, 2018
A 22-year-old Chicago man who was shot by police officers when he was a teenager, is seeing justice served after…
Police Social Media AP thegrio.com
March 15, 2018
Open government advocates worry that police using social media will allow law enforcement to bypass questions from traditional media.
March 14, 2018
On Monday, four black officers in Little Rock, filed a discrimination suit against the city. The officers are alleging that their…