A 14-year-old boy is currently in critical, but stable, condition after being shot by police on Sunday morning in St. Louis, Missouri.
Taking to Facebook to express his disdain for the men in blue, 21-year-old Deshawn Lanton wrote, "Maybe I should drop a bomb on Tha building to get rid of Tha rest of y'all."
https://twitter.com/theGrio/status/781502443628683265 There have been a lot of outrageous excuses for police officers shooting and killing unarmed black men in this country, but Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby‘s has to be the worst. After killing 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last week, Shelby’s attorney Scott Wood revealed that the officer had a temporary loss of hearing during the confrontation with […]
Protests erupted in North Carolina last night after an officer fatally shot a disabled man named Keith Lamont Scott, who was waiting for his kid to return from school. Protests escalated as they ran their course throughout the night, with people blocking off highways and setting things on fire. Meanwhile, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is going on […]
One man took a stand for the racially profiled kids in his neighborhood.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/770278989323698176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A 53-year-old Ohio woman was fatally shot by a man who ran a red light and struck her vehicle in Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, according to multiple reports. Deborah Pearl, a mother and employee of a Cleveland-area Harley Davidson diner, was reportedly shot by Matthew Ryan Desha, a 29-year-old man toting a high-powered assault rifle, who police say killed […]
After being shot in the stomach, Carl Williams is expected to survive his injuries. Meanwhile, the officer has been placed on administrative leave.
Reverend Dr. Michael Waters, founder and senior pastor of Joy Tabernacle AME Chuch in Dallas, Texas, is also a professor, author, community activist, and social commentator. He talks to Erica Campbell and GRIFF about his work in the Dallas community after the tragedy of the police shootings occurred in July. He talks about his role […]
When arrested, Sommervell County Sheriff’s Deputy William Cox said “the black c–n started killing my boys in Dallas." Thankfully, he lost his job because of it.
We went around New York and New Jersey to ask people how they're feeling about the incidents, and their own thoughts and experiences in dealing with the police.
Radio One holds a Town Hall meeting with the Atlanta Police Department to lessen the tension between Black men and police officers.
Corey Pegues spent 21 years with the New York Police Department, wending his way up through the rank-and-file to commanding officer. The decorated Black police officer left the force in April 2013, and in May, released the book Once a Cop: My Journey from former Crack Dealer to the Highest Ranks of the NYPD. On Thursday, […]
