Self Defense

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Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory, and William “Roddie” Bryan
November 24, 2021
White vigilantism is a new defense in the lynching of Black bodies, but you can’t be the superhero and villain…
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June 16, 2021
The Black woman who was dragged down a flight of steps at a DC bar was caught up in a…
February 14, 2021
Diamonds Ford said she was acting in self-defense when she was woken from her sleep and shot at law enforcement…
September 11, 2020
A New. York nurse is denied bail and remains on Riker's Island after killing her estranged husband she says in…
Charlottesville - James Alex Fields Jr thegrio.com
November 27, 2018
James Fields, the white supremacist who plowed his car through a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. last year, claims…
April 1, 2016
A Connecticut woman who slammed her car into her boyfriend killing him has been found not guilty of murder...
November 13, 2015
Sherry McLain, who is 67 years old, said that she feared for her life when a stranger approached her in…
September 4, 2015
An 11-year-old shot and killed a teenager who was trying to break into the boy's home, according to police...
June 24, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - "Why didn't somebody just do something?" That's the question South Carolina State Rep. Bill Chumley asked CNN's…
June 24, 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean "Diddy" Combs was defending himself in an incident at the University of California, Los Angeles,…
May 12, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - On Monday, the man who shot George Zimmerman claimed self-defense...
January 28, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who claimed self-defense after prosecutors say she fired a gun at her estranged…
October 1, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) - A jury has found a man guilty of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a teenager after…
August 7, 2014
DETROIT (AP) — Jurors have returned for their first full day of deliberations in the trial of a Detroit-area man…
August 5, 2014
VIDEO - Ted Wafer, charged with second-degree murder after he shot an unarmed teenager on his porch, took the stand…
March 31, 2014
PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts (AP) — The nephew charged with shooting hip-hop artist and reality TV star Benzino during a weekend funeral…
December 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A former U.S. airman is currently sitting in a Florida prison for what his supporters argue was…
October 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, is telling a Senate panel Tuesday that states must clarify…
October 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that made some changes to the state's controversial 'Stand Your…