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Tyre Nichols, theGrio.com
February 23, 2023
A Tennessee state board ruled that the inaction of two fired Memphis Fire employees may have been a factor in…
Darryl "Tyree" Williams
February 16, 2023
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for the firing of the six North Carolina police officers involved in Darryl…
February 8, 2023
At Tuesday's SOTU address, members of the Congressional Black Caucus wore 1870 pins to commemorate Black police killing victims.
Chokwe Lumumba -- Jackson Mississippi news
February 8, 2023
Jackson, Miss. mayor Chokwe Lumumba has publicly refuted the police chief's claims surrounding the death of Keith Murriel, a Black…
Justice for Tyre Nichols
February 7, 2023
Another deputy in Tennessee has been relieved of duty as officials investigate the police beating that killed Tyre Nichols.
Derrick Kittling
November 22, 2022
The officer-involved shooting death of Derrick Kittling, a Black man pulled over in a traffic stop, has sparked protests in…
elaine bryant, unarmed Black man Ohio
September 1, 2022
An investigation is underway after a police officer in Columbus, Ohio shot and killed an unarmed Black man on Aug.…
April 13, 2021
As the nation reels from the shooting of Daunte Wright, Spurs' head coach Popovich called out politicians and NBA owners…
March 6, 2021
Although many in the community consider the place where George Floyd died to be a sacred space, it has presented…
June 7, 2020
Two days before George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, another unarmed Black man lost his life at the…
Markeis McGlockton thegrio.com
August 25, 2019
A Florida jury found a white man guilty of manslaughter after he sought to defend murdering a Black man under…
April 18, 2019
The case of a white police officer who killed an unarmed Black man in 2016, has been a hard case…
April 3, 2017
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed black man last…
September 25, 2016
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed a church for a funeral honoring an unarmed black man who was…
December 16, 2015
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two witnesses to the fatal shooting of a black Memphis man by a white police officer…
August 12, 2015
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A police officer who killed an unarmed college football player during a suspected burglary at a…
August 10, 2015
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas police chief promised transparency as the FBI joined the investigation into the death of…
May 22, 2015
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds marched peacefully in Washington state’s capital city to protest a police shooting that wounded two
May 12, 2015
Because of intensifying civil strife over the recent killings of unarmed black men and boys, many Americans are wondering, “What’s
April 24, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - In September of 2013, Dontrell Stephens, 20, was talking on his cell phone and riding his bike…