MTV's VMAs taking a road trip to Brooklyn in 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The Video Music Awards are taking a road trip to Brooklyn....
Brooklyn elementary school offers digital music production class
NBC New York - A new after school program at a Brooklyn elementary school is taking a modern approach to teaching children about music.
Family of dead psychiatric patient want answers
theGRIO REPORT - Conrad Delimar, 47, of Brooklyn, was beaten to death behind the locked doors of a shower room at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening, police sources said...
2 NYPD officers who shot Kimani Gray had faced lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) - Two police officers who killed a 16-year-old boy on a New York City street have been sued for alleged civil rights violations related to other encounters with the public, the Daily News reported Saturday...
Kimani Gray protest day 4: Community vs. cops
theGRIO REPORT - The controversial death surrounding 16-year-old Kimani Gray has sparked a fourth day of protests in Brooklyn and theGrio headed out to East Flatbush to record the community’s sentiments.
Kimani Gray's family to speak out
NEW YORK (AP) - The family of a New York City teenager shot to death by police said they would speak out Thursday about the case after a candlelight vigil resulted in 46 arrests...
Fatal teen shooting by cops protested
NBC News - The fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy by undercover police sparked a protest in New York City on Monday night.
NAACP leader vs. Bloomberg on ‘Stop and Frisk’
theGRIO REPORT - The national president of the NAACP took to a Brooklyn pulpit Sunday to condemn the city’s 'Stop and Frisk' policy and recent comments made in support of it by New York City’s mayor...
theGrio’s 100: Dr. Robert J. Gore, saving lives even before the trauma
theGRIO's 100 - In addition to training future physicians and practicing medicine -- where he treats victims of violence from a medical standpoint -- Gore dedicates his time to youth and violence prevention.
Barclays Center pays tribute to segregated black basketball stars
theGRIO REPORT - The Barclays Center is linking Brooklyn's African-American basketball history and its present-day team, the Brooklyn Nets, with the new installation of historic photographs of the Black Fives, early-20th century African-American basketball teams, throughout the arena's main concourse...
