NYC teen stopped and frisked for being a 'mutt'

Hassan Washington

theGRIO REPORT - The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices have raised serious concerns over racial profiling, illegal stops and privacy rights. In new audio recordings of allegedly of the NYPD performing a stop-and-frisk of a 16-year-old Harlem teen...

Accused murderer wants 'witch doctor' to testify that he was cursed

Abdul Sada

theGRIO REPORT - Accused murderer Bakary Camara, 42, wants to call a “witch doctor” to testify on his behalf that he was possessed by evil spirits when he killed his ex-lover...

NYC apologizes for sending bill to man killed by cop car

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - Last month Laverne Dobbinson received a letter addressed to her son, Tamon Robinson, charging him $710 for damages to a New York police car that struck and killed him in April.

Jay-Z to release 'Live In Brooklyn' CD

Kyle Harvey

theGRIO REPORT - Hov will be releasing an 8 song EP called Live In Brooklyn, that will feature the legendary rapper’s best performances from his Barclays debut...

NYC guidance counselor fired when 'sexy' pictures resurfaced online

Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - Last December, right before Webb, now 37, was to get tenure as an $84,200-a-year guidance counselor, she was fired for “conduct unbecoming” a DOE employee. Apparently a student found photos of her online and showed them to them the principal...

Teen indie film actor confesses to Harlem shooting

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Teen Indie film actor Jeremy Sanchez has confessed to the murder of 19-year-old Kenneth Archbold.

NYC seeks Ken Burns' footage for Central Park jogger lawsuit

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for New York City are seeking access to footage gathered by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns in research for his movie about the five men exonerated in the Central Park jogger rape case...

Chris Brown spotted leaving Rihanna's hotel

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - This Tuesday, Chris Brown, 23, was photographed in sweatpants and a hoodie, sneaking out of the Gansevoort hotel in NYC. According to the New York Daily News this was the same hotel that ex-girlfriend Rihanna, 24, was staying...

Jay-Z opens Barclays Center with Brooklyn love

Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - The newly built Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the team's co-owner, Jay-Z, christened the venue Friday night in uniform...

Jay-Z readies 1st show at Barclays