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...
Cops accused of beating up man in Crown Heights
VIDEO - In a lawsuit Crown Heights resident Jabbar Campbell claims NYPD officers tampered with security cameras before beating him up outside his home...
Richard Pryor honored in new 18-film retrospective
theGRIO REPORT - For ten days, BAMcinematek will be showcasing some of Pryor's classic movies, all in 35 mm film...
theGrio's 100: Chadwick Boseman, the big screen Jackie Robinson
theGRIO's 100 - Chadwick Boseman is one of Hollywood’s up and coming actors. The young star is set to star as Jackie Robinson in the highly anticipated biopic '42'...
Teen whose body was found on Brooklyn beach ID'd
theGRIO REPORT - The body of a young, African-American woman that was found on a beach in Brooklyn over the weekend was identified by New York City police on Tuesday...
Brooklyn Good Samaritans lift car off girl after car crash
theGRIO REPORT - A 9-year-old girl was pinned under a car in her Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday night after a three-car accident forced one vehicle to jump onto the sidewalk...
9-year-old Brooklyn boy raps about Sandy Hook
theGRIO REPORT - This week, Amor 'Lilman' Arteaga, a nine-year-old Flatbush-raised rapper, dedicated his latest opus 'Stop Da Violence' to the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre...
