Policing of Black America

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December 11, 2023
Thomas Malik, cleared in the 1995 death of a subway token clerk after 27 years in prison, sued New York…
Demonstrators carry a giant placard during a rally and march over the death of Elijah McClain
December 7, 2023
Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen by the...
December 5, 2023
Chisom Kingston and Natalie White pleaded guilty to arson at an Atlanta Wendy's during a protest that erupted after an…
Elijah McClain
November 6, 2023
Jurors found Nathan Woodyard not guilty of homicide and manslaughter in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who was put in…
September 23, 2023
The FBI said it started a civil rights investigation into allegations that police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, assaulted suspects in a…
September 23, 2023
Elijah McClain's mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears Friday after prosecutors showed video 23-year-old man pinned down by officers.
September 21, 2023
A federal judge set a trial date of May 6, 2024 to hear the case against five ex-cops who face…
Kenosha, Wisconsin, Applebee's, arrest, theGrio.com
August 15, 2023
A video from an Applebee’s employee circulated on social media shows the violent arrest of the couple with their baby…
August 7, 2023
Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George…
August 4, 2023
A federal jury in Louisiana acquitted a white state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman, a…
August 3, 2023
Six white ex-officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on two…
July 4, 2023
Police body camera use has increased in U.S. law enforcement agencies, but studies are mixed whether their usage reduces use…
June 23, 2023
In Akron, Ohio, the phrase, "Say his Name," has one answer — Jayland Walker, who died in a police shooting…
Damien Cameron death
June 7, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two men — one of whom was shot in the mouth by a law enforcement officer…
Ronald Greene - theGrio.com
June 5, 2023
Louisiana lawmakers who last year demanded Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards testify about whether he was complicit in a cover-up…
May 4, 2023
Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head after he was beaten by Memphis police during a January…
February 17, 2023
A white Louisiana police officer was arrested Thursday for fatally shooting an unarmed Black man who was trying to flee…
February 13, 2023
Family members of Alonzo Bagley, a Black man who was killed as he tried to flee police responding to a disturbance call,…
DEMETRIUS HALEY (AP OPHTO)
February 10, 2023
Ex-Memphis Police officer accused of savage prison beating in 2015, years before he beat Tyre Nichols from his car on Jan. 7.
Tyre Nichols
February 10, 2023
One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month has admitted he did not witness the alleged reckless...