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Innocent Black Man Ambushed By Police Files Lawsuit After Video Proves His Innocence

Nationwide — Jeffrey Sutton, an African American man from Bloomfield, New Jersey, is suing his local police department after being shot multiple times during a 2020 arrest attempt. He says officers lied about the incident, claiming he tried to run them over, though the video later showed otherwise. In November 2020, Sutton was driving his Mercedes-Benz through downtown Bloomfield when unmarked police cars suddenly boxed him in. The officers, dressed in plain clothes, were responding to an alert labeling his […]

todayOctober 22, 2025 2

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Harris stood for workers like me on the picket line. Trump stood for the execution of innocent Black men. I’m standing with Harris.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When William Lucy and Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of Black Memphis sanitation workers on strike in 1968, Lucy’s powerful statement defined a movement: “I am a MAN.” The movement demanded respect, better pay, safer working conditions, and the same opportunities as white men for a better life.  The same fight continues today. I am a father of […]

todayOctober 31, 2024