A Black Michigan man who spent nearly four decades in prison following his 1983 conviction for arson and murder was exonerated last month after a key witness admitted she fabricated her testimony. In 1982, when Walter Forbes was a full-time student at Michigan’s Jackson Community College, he broke up a fight at a bar. The…
Big Sean said that he would not ‘even be alive if I didn’t have the right mentors in my life’ in an exclusive with theGrio It’s not often that upcoming artists in the early stages of their music journey can say that they have been mentored by some of the top artists in the industry. …
Cruise was reportedly reacting to two people not social distancing on the set of ‘Mission Impossible: 7.’ A secret recording of actor Tom Cruise screaming at crew members on the set of Mission Impossible: 7 is going viral today. The star actor was allegedly reacting to two people who were standing too close together. He…
The Address, where Mane performed, announced it would be offering free, drive-through COVID-19 testing. Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane has gone viral again. This time it wasn’t for a record-breaking appearance on Verzuz, but for a performance at Houston nightclub, where he played in front of a packed, maskless crowd. The club, called The Address, told…
LaVar Ball’s dream of having all his sons in the NBA has been deferred. On Monday, LiAngelo Ball was one of three players waived by the Detroit Pistons as the NBA exhibition season continues. LiAngelo was signed by the Pistons earlier in this month, which was widely — and incorrectly — denoted as the moment…
Ryan has served as a White House correspondent for the last 24 years, covering four U.S. presidents throughout her career Veteran journalist April Ryan has signed with Byron Allen‘s Allen Media Group to serve as White House Correspondent and Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for the soon-to-be-launched 24/7 broadcast television network TheGrio.TV, the company announced Monday…
Bodycam video made public Monday, Dec. 14, showed the final moments of former NFL player Ekom Udofia’s life. Udofia, 33, was shot and killed by officers during a Nov. 30 encounter in Phoenix, Arizona. The man was armed with a weapon and refused to relinquish it even after he was shot several times by officers….
Sampson shared on social media that the video captured the fifth time the actor was stopped in six days. Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson was videotaped being aggressively detained in Cartagena, Colombia this week. In the video, Sampson is seen being punched in the face by a police officer, who also pulled his gun on…
A white man who murdered two Black Kroger shoppers in 2018 was sentenced to two life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Gregory Bush, 53, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in Jefferson Circuit Court to two counts of attempted murder and wanton endangerment for the Oct. 24, 2018…
in Colorado and most other states, prisoners aren’t near the front of the line for initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine now being distributed Amber Johnson is terrified her 63-year-old father will get the coronavirus. He has high blood pressure, asthma and is pre-diabetic, and she worries he’s especially vulnerable as an inmate in Colorado, where…
