Fox News political commentator Brian Kilmeade is defending himself against criticism for remarks he made about Vice President and presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris claiming folks didn’t hear him right.
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Kilmeade came for Harris on the July 24 episode of Fox & Friends for among other things skipping Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress that day to speak to members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. – a historically Black Greek organization and one of the members of the Divine Nine.
“She would rather address, in the summer, a sorority — a colored sorority — like she can’t get out of that. So that’s her decision, and that’s her decision to back up the protesters,” he said.
In a statement, Fox News Media said Politico reporter Eugene Daniels, who initially flagged Kilmeade’s comments on X, “completely misquoted and unnecessarily maligned Brian Kilmeade who clearly said ‘college’ sorority.”
Check out a clip of Kilmeade’s comments here and decide for yourself:
Fox & Friends Host Brian Kilmeade Calls Zeta Phi Beta A Colored Sorority Ahead Of V.P. Harris Speech
Kilmeade defended himself and denied saying anything offensive on his radio show after the Fox & Friends episode, saying:
“I’ve never used that word in my life, if you’re listening to what I’m saying, if you know where she’s speaking, why would I even say that? This is an example of how everybody is looking to jump on other people for no reason. People, use your heads. Don’t look for something trending on Twitter and just assume it’s true. I hope we’re smarter than that by now.”
After speaking with Fox News, Eugene Daniels has since posted that he’s going to “take Brian and his team at their word.”
But the social media backlash has already been fast and furious as Divine Nine members and other Black leaders take Kilmeade to task.
“Fox News is ignorant. Don’t ever call my Sorority or any other #D9 organization ‘colored.’ Keep it out of your mouth,” California congresswoman Sydney Kamlager posted on X.
“All y’all out here now telling us to unhear “colored” and hear “college” instead are full of s#it. The man said “colored.” Just own it if you’re going to defend it,” Former RNC Chairman and Lt. Governor of Maryland Michael Steele posted on X.
Democratic leaders are praising President Joe Biden’s record of advancing racial equity and justice for Black Americans after the 81-year-old leader decided to “pass the torch” to Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he described in his televised Oval Office speech Wednesday evening as “experienced,” “tough” and “capable.”
“This man has done so much for not just the United States but for Black America,” said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, a Biden delegate who is now casting his ballot for Harris after the president endorsed her for the Democratic nomination.
The 37-year-old recalled Biden’s acceptance speech after winning the 2020 election, in which he thanked Black American voters for supporting his campaign. The then-president-elect famously said, “You’ve always had my back, and I’ll have yours.” Johnson told theGrio, “He absolutely delivered.”
Nearly four years later, Biden is now entering the final stretch of his more than 50-year career in politics. In his primetime speech on Wednesday, the president solemnly told the American voters, “The power’s in your hands.” Without naming Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, Biden warned against dictatorship and the potential unraveling of American democracy if the former president returned to the White House.
“Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. That includes personal ambition,” said Biden, who suspended his reelection campaign on Sunday after weeks of calls for him to step aside by party leadership. He maintained, “I revere this office, but I love my country more.”
Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist, said the Oval Office speech was “one of the most consequential speeches of Joe Biden’s career.”
“He was able to summarize Joe Biden the man, Joe Biden the politician, and Joe Biden the patriot, all in one speech,” Seawright told theGrio, “while passing the baton to not just the next generation of leaders, but passing the baton to a historic figure who can meet the challenges of tomorrow by standing in the gap today.”
Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech in March on healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday and endorsed Harris for president. (Photo by Matt Kelley, AP, file) –
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., who has known Biden for 30 years in Delaware politics, expressed her gratitude for the president and praised his commitment to delivering for Black communities.
Blunt Rochester described Biden’s connection with Black America as one that dates back decades, telling theGrio, “In our state, the Black community has always been very close to Joe Biden and … I think it is one of the reasons why the Congressional Black Caucus has always been such a close friend and ally to [him] as well.”
The congresswoman and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate said Biden’s historic investments in Black businesses and HBCUs, and commitment to addressing the cost of healthcare and education, have been “transformational” for the Black community.
Sharing a personal story of when Biden “found me in a hospital in Massachusetts” to comfort her during the “unexpected” passing of her husband in 2014 and reached out after the death of her father earlier this year, Blunt Rochester said the 46th president was “there when we as a family needed comforting, and he was there for this country as we were transitioning out of Charlottesville and the death of George Floyd and a pandemic.”
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed told theGrio one of Biden’s greatest legacies as it relates to Black America is his historically diverse cabinet. He noted that America’s most visible leaders on the world stage are Black, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Charles Q. Brown.
Even cabinet picks who are not Black, like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, understood the value of racial equity, said Reed, who serves as president of the African American Mayors Association.
“Two years ago … she said capitalism has never worked for Black Americans. And she talked about losing upwards of $15 trillion in GDP in this nation because Black businesses and entrepreneurs aren’t properly resourced,” the mayor recalled. For one of his appointees to say that “speaks to who he is and what he empowered them to do.”
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Mayor Johnson of Milwaukee said Biden should especially be lauded for transforming the federal judiciary by appointing “more Black women judges than not just any president, but all presidents combined … Barack Obama.”
He also noted the president’s historic appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the nation’s first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I hope that we all understand that Joe Biden walked this earth, served this country for 50-plus years, and had a remarkable presidency to cap it all off,” said Johnson.
Biden’s final act as president will be marked by empowering his vice president to campaign to succeed him in the very Oval Office from which he delivered Wednesday night’s address.
“She’s been an incredible partner to me and a leader for our country,” said the president. “Now, the choice is up to you, the American people.”
Seawright, the Democratic strategist, said Black America should be thankful to Biden for not only meeting his past commitments but also his “commitment to our future” by choosing Harris as a running mate.
The president, he said, allowed Harris to “be creative, to be helpful, and to be visible for our cause and for our people.”
Blunt Rochester said while there’s “gratitude” for Biden, there’s also “a determination that we must elect Kamala Harris.”
“There’s a level of pride in the fact that his vice president has taken on the mantle of something so big and so special,” she said.
Black women face the double-barrelled shots of sexism and racism in the workplace, especially when they’re in charge. With their own mini armies of haters and backstabbers, some members of Team Kamala Harris worry how much worse it would be for her as president – the ultimate woman in charge.
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“As a Black boss, the number of people who stabbed me in the back is hard to count,” one woman said in an online chat. That’s one reason so many women take advantage of life coaches, career coaches, girlfriend getaways, massages and prayer pillows.
They’re sick of being left out of the meeting before the meeting, having their numbers questioned, being talked over, being talked about and enduring other insecure attempts to undermine their authority.
They have dents in their armor, burnout from working twice as hard, a simmering rage from being mansplained and bitemarks on their tongues for all the times they didn’t go off on someone questioning their qualifications.
“If someone says something offensive to me, I have to think about how to respond in a way that does not make me seem like an angry Black woman,” a professional said in the Women in the Workplace report from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company. The report also notes that only 58 Black women make it out of entry-level positions into management for every 100 men. No wonder only 1 in 25 Black women are C-suite executives.
The intersection of racism and sexism in the workplace cuts deeper for Black women, says Glynda C. Carr, president and CEO of Higher Heights for America PAC.
“From the workers at Wendy’s and Target to our teachers and the women in the C-suite — we all have felt what it’s like being a Black woman in the workplace,” Carr said. “That is why we see hair discrimination, pay inequity or being overlooked for promotions.”
By extension, concerns about Harris are legit, says political strategist Tamia Booker, who witnessed President Obama’s challenges over the Affordable Care Act — even over Republican concepts embedded in Obamacare.
“I can’t imagine her not going through something very similar if not worse,” said Booker, who worked in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Obama administration. “It was a crazy time.”
And it’s about to get real. “The name calling is just getting started,” Michael Steel said on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) called Harris a DEI hire.
“It’s ridiculous, but it’s dog whistle and code word for racism,” says Peggy Lewis, who worked in the White House under both President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“Her record speaks for itself,” Lewis says. They are losing their minds in the grasp of the straws.”
“This is white supremacy on another level.”
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James Wilburn, the father of Sonya Massey, says recently released body cam footage of his daughter’s fatal shooting by police is “probably the most horrible, heart-wrenching thing that [our family has] ever seen in our lives.” Nevertheless, he is thankful it exists.
“If it were not for the body cam footage, we would not have known that this occurred,” Wilburn told “CBS Mornings” host Gayle King as he sat alongside family attorney Ben Crump on Wednesday.
As previously reported by theGrio, on July 6, Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two teen children, was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in her Springfield, Illinois, home after calling 911, fearing that a prowler was at her residence. Confirmed by her family to have previously been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Massey told the two officers arriving on the scene she had “taken [her] medicine,” and was following instructions to move a pot of water boiling on her stove when she was shot three times by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson.
Now dismissed from the force, Grayson is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. It has also been revealed the officer shuffled between six different law enforcement agencies over the past four years. While the disgraced officer claimed Massey “came at [him] with boiling water,” court documents filed by prosecutors characterized her as “calm, possibly unwell, and non-aggressive” during the interaction.
Wilburn said he and Massey’s family were not initially told her death was the result of a police shooting.
“I was never told that it was a deputy-involved shooting. We were under the impression that she was killed by the intruder, or some other person from the street, and they just went in there and found her dead body,” Wilburn told King, later noting there were even rumored suggestions that his daughter’s injuries were self-inflicted.
With the public release of body cam footage by Illinois State Police on Monday, a clearer picture of Massey’s final moments emerged, including a tense verbal exchange in which she tells deputies, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” while complying with their demands. She is also heard apologizing to Grayson as he aims his weapon at her, just seconds before he approaches her and follows through on a verbal threat to “shoot [her] in the face.”
“I think that she feared for her life,” said Wilburn when asked to explain what his daughter might have meant by her rebuke. “There was something, some premonition that she had…It’s just unexplainable.”
Also inexplicable is why Grayson did not turn on his recording apparatus until after the shooting; the footage was recovered from the other deputy’s body cam.
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In a statement issued Tuesday, President Joe Biden offered a rebuke of his own, saying in part:
“Sonya Massey, a beloved mother, friend, daughter, and young Black woman, should be alive today… When we call for help, all of us as Americans – regardless of who we are or where we live – should be able to do so without fearing for our lives.
“Sonya’s death at the hands of a responding officer reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not,” he added, advocating for the long-delayed passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
Massey family attorney Crump had a harsher message as he held a press conference Monday: “Until we get justice for Sonya Massey, we rebuke this discriminatory justice system in the name of Jesus.”
In the aftermath of the Illinois State Police released bodycam footage on Monday, public outrage and deep concern continue to simmer throughout the state. The footage shows the tragic shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson at her Springfield residence. This disturbing incident has prompted renewed scrutiny of law enforcement use-of-force protocols and calls for a thorough and transparent investigation.
On July 6th, at around 12:50 am, Sonya Massey, a resident on the 2800 block of Hoover Avenue, called Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputies about a prowler in her home. Two deputies, both white, Grayson and another unnamed officer, responded to the call. Shortly after, at 1:21 am, the deputies reported gunfire. Massey was transported to St. John’s Hospital but died from her injuries.
While Grayson’s bodycam reportedly wasn’t activated until after the shooting, footage from an unnamed deputy’s camera captures the unsettling events. The video shows the deputies arriving at Massey’s residence, searching the exterior for nine minutes, then approaching the door to inform her and request identification for a report.
The deputies’ arrival interrupted Massey’s frantic search for her ID. A pot of water bubbled ominously on the stove, forgotten in the sudden tension. Reacting instinctively, Massey grabbed the pot, its heat radiating outwards, and hurried towards the sink. The officers, sensing the rising panic, took a cautious step back, jokes dying on their lips.
Massey, noticing their reaction, asked, “Where are you going?” One officer replied, “Away from your hot, steaming water,” with a laugh. Believing Grayson was joking, Massey responded playfully, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” She repeated this, thinking the officer hadn’t heard her.
The situation escalated quickly when Grayson’s demeanor turned hostile, and he drew his gun, threatening to shoot Massey directly in the face. Faced with both officers aiming at her, Massey uttered an apology and dropped to the ground, surrendering with her hands up. Despite only five seconds passing since they drew their weapons, Grayson opened fire, with one bullet hitting Massey in the face.
Following the discharge of the firearm, Grayson exhibited a detached demeanor, treating the incident as a procedural matter. While Deputy [Unknown Name] initiated first aid measures, Grayson offered dismissive statements such as “there’s nothing we can do” and “allow her to bleed out,” delaying critical intervention for approximately two minutes.
In an attempt to exonerate himself, Grayson lied on his bodycam, claiming Massey attacked him with boiling water, implying she initiated the confrontation.
The recent release of video footage from the Massey incident has resulted in widespread condemnation of both law enforcement actions and the local justice system. The family of the deceased, represented by prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, held a press conference demanding a thorough and impartial investigation. Mr. Crump characterized the shooting as a “senseless tragedy.”
In the wake of the video’s release, protests demanding justice erupted across Springfield and neighboring communities. Social media overflowed with anger and calls for accountability.
The family of #SonyaMassey has invited the community to come to 801 S. 11th St. tomorrow at 3pm. The family will be viewing the bodycam footage and we can show up and support them in this emotionally traumatizing time. We stand with the Massey family!!! #StandWithSonyapic.twitter.com/t3vapSWzsJ
In Sangamon County, a grand jury returned an indictment against Sean Grayson for first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and official misconduct. Grayson surrendered to authorities and remains in custody without bond. He entered a plea of not guilty at his pre-trial hearing held on July 19th.
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We’re not to say what’s too little of an amount of money over which to cause a ruckus. Though, it it worth wondering if this amount warranted a Florida employer being threatened at gunpoint by his previous employee, according to cops.
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On the morning of July 22, Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputies responded to the 4400 block of Eagle Falls Place. Authorities said that inside Berkins Storage was 39-year-old Tito Evan-Lloyd, who allegedly brandished a concealed gun toward those inside.
Police said by the time deputies responded to the area, the suspect fled the scene. However, Evan-Lloyd was located at a residence on the 400 block of Royal Palm Empress Drive in Ruskin, 15 miles away.
He was then arrested and taken into custody on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felon carrying concealed weapon and felon in possession of a firearm.
“It is shocking that someone would resort to such extreme measures over a $75 matter. Violence and intimidation have no place in Hillsborough County,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister. “The suspect’s actions were a serious threat to public safety, and our deputies did an outstanding job in bringing him into custody quickly.”
Jail records show Evan-Lloyd was released from custody after three days. He’s been ordered by the court to have no contact with the store manager and stay away from the location of the offense, per court records. The incident is still under investigation.
After stepping off Air Force Two in Milwaukee on Tuesday for her first presidential campaign rally, Vice President Kamala Harris was welcomed by the usual state and city officials: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson.
But two greeters—Mayor Johnson’s twin daughters—had a particularly special moment with America’s first woman vice president.
As she approached the young girls, 6-year-old Bella and Madison, who were wearing white dresses with pink and purple bows in their ponytails, Harris bent over and warmly engaged them. After a few caresses from the history-making female vice president, the beaming girls gave her a thumbs up while bashfully smiling.
“She was so sweet and spent so much time with [them],” said Johnson, who was also accompanied by his wife, Dominique.
The 37-year-old mayor told theGrio that the vice president asked them their names, complimented their dresses, and asked them how their summer was going. The thumbs up, he said, was them indicating, “It’s been going pretty well.”
Harris also took a moment to thank the twin sisters for the sacrifice of time away from their father as he hits the ground campaigning on her behalf to ensure victory in November.
Johnson said he was particularly touched that Harris was generous with her time, even though she was expected to move quickly along to her motorcade.
“I know it’s the staff’s job to get the principal [and] to move on. But she stood, and she spent so much time with my girls,” he recalled.
After the “really, really touching” moment with Bella and Madison, Harris told Mayor Johnson and his wife, “Your girls and girls like them — they’re the reason why I do what I do.”
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris disembarks Air Force Two at the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on July 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images) –
As a delegate at this year’s Democratic National Convention, Johnson said he is ecstatic to cast his ballot for Harris as the party’s nominee for president. His very first time voting in a presidential election was for Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, in 2008.
“Now, less than 20 years later, with daughters of my own, [I’m] in a position, not only to introduce them to the vice president and for them to have that moment they did,” said Johnson, “ … but for me and my wife and so many people in this city and state, to be able to vote for a Black woman to be the President of the United States and to see her win — which I believe that she will.”
Johnson said he is committed to doing all that he can to ensure Harris wins the state of Wisconsin and also vowed to travel across the country if needed. He sees Milwaukee as a major player in winning the state’s electoral votes.
“Whoever wins Wisconsin ultimately will win the White House … in order to win Wisconsin, you got to win in Milwaukee,” he told theGrio.
After delivering her first presidential campaign rally speech on Tuesday, the mayor said Milwaukee voters are “fired up.”
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“They are ready to vote for Kamala Harris, and I’m really, really excited about helping to lead that charge and continue to get the word out to make sure folks know about [her] record,” he added.
The mayor described Harris as a “focused, determined leader” who “never forgot where she came from.”
“She’s still in her heart of hearts a daughter of California, that girl from Oakland who … never lost sight of those humble beginnings,” he maintained. “You can see those values in the way that she not just talks to the crowd, but in the intimate moments she spent with my daughters.”
Thinking about the possibility of helping to make history in November, Johnson told theGrio, “It is stirring to the soul.”
He added, “I cannot wait for her to have the opportunity to serve as the first woman, and first Black woman, to lead our country as president of the United States.”
Acclaimed director Jeremy Saulnier returns with his most explosive thriller yet, Rebel Ridge, on September 6, 2024, to Netflix worldwide.
The movie stars Aaron Pierre of The Underground Railroad in the role of Terry Richmond, arriving in the desolate town of Shelby Springs with a rather simple brief: to spring his cousin out of jail. Fate, however, has a different plan for Terry, pitting him in a bloody battle with the law, embodied by the vicious Sheriff Sandy Burne, portrayed by iconic actor Don Johnson. When his life savings are confiscated by authorities, he is reluctantly pushed to stand up against a corrupt police force that has gripped the town in its clutches.
The feisty clerk of court, Summer McBride—played by AnnaSophia Robb of The Carrie Diaries—assists the intriguing plot as both join forces to uncover whatever dark conspiracy lurks at Shelby Springs. As things start getting tough for him, his mysterious past emerges, and Terry has to fall back on the mysterious skills he had long buried. It becomes a multi-pronged mission: taking apart the dirty department, justice for his family, and keeping Summer safe from the rising danger.
Rebel Ridge will unfold as a riveting exposé on morality and the corrosive influence of corruption, against a pulsating action-Edge of your seat suspense. Directed by the visionary filmmaker behind some critically acclaimed gems like Green Room and Blue Ruin, Saulnier weaves a hard-hitting human story with a turbo-charged narrative.
The supporting cast includes several familiar names and faces, including David Denman from TV’s The Office, Emory Cohen of The OA, Steve Zissis of Togetherness, Zsané Jhé of The Handmaid’s Tale, Dana Lee of Widows, and seasoned talent James Cromwell of L.A. Confidential.
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As one of the cover stars of ELLE Magazine’s Future of Fashion 2024 issue, supermodel Anok Yai is opening up like never before.
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But what was perhaps the most surprising detail in her interview, was the revelation she gave when she described her upbringing before she was catapulted into modeling stardom. Having come to the U.S. with her parents from Cairo, Egypt at age 4, Yai shared how she struggled with social anxiety growing up and how she struggled to maintain friendships. She also described the racism she dealt with while living in the northern part of the United States.
“I was the kid in the corner who didn’t talk to anybody,” she explained. “I never really had a set friend group. I was more of a floater. I was always on the outside looking in.”
She continued:“ Growing up dark-skinned in New Hampshire, there was a lot of racism. A lot of kids made fun of me for my skin color. I always knew I was meant for bigger things than the small town that I came from. I think that allowed me to feel comfortable with my separation from my peers.”
Additionally, it was that sense of separation that led her to expressing her individuality through her style, invoking her love of fashion and eventually modeling. Reflecting on her sense of style as a kid, Yai shared:
“My style was nonsense. I would have themes on certain days. One day, I’d wear all fur—fur boots, a fur jacket, a fur hat, even a fur wallet that had my flip phone in it,” she says. “I’ve always been the person who never cared to try to fit in. Kids always saw that as weird, but now as I grow into myself, I think it’s a special quality that I have.”
“There are aspects of myself as a child that I keep, but that fear I always had of being judged and not accepted? I let that shit go a long time ago,” she concluded.
Four men who attended a Chris Brown concert in Fort Worth, Texas, are suing the singer and several members of his entourage for $50 million after an alleged assault.
The men accuse the 35-year-old singer of “brutal, violent assault” with the incident reportedly taking place after Brown’s show on Friday, July 19, at Dickies Arena, according to People. Brown’s “11:11 Tour” promoter Live Nation is also named in the lawsuit, which was filed on Sunday, July 21, the outlet reported.
In the lawsuit, concertgoers Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Damarcus Powell claim that Brown, Markies Deandre Conway (Yella Beezy), Hood Boss (Omololu Omari Akinlolu) and Sinko Ceej “brutally and severely beat” them backstage in an “unprovoked attack.”
The men were allegedly invited backstage to the VIP area, where they claim they waited for 30 minutes for Brown to arrive. The four concertgoers were preparing to leave after getting “tired” of waiting when one of Brown’s associates reminded him that he and one of the plaintiffs, Bush, allegedly “were beefing.” Brown allegedly replied, “Oh yeah, we were…I don’t forget s—” before telling his crew to “f—” Bush up,” according to the lawsuit, per People.
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The men claim they tried to leave but were followed by “seven to 10” of Brown’s entourage before allegedly being attacked. Parker, Lewis, Bush, and Powell all needed medical treatment, according to the lawsuit, with Parker allegedly receiving “head injuries.” Parker was reportedly hospitalized and “will need to undergo extensive medical treatment,” People reported.
The filing also claims that Live Nation “shamelessly profits and promotes Brown’s ‘The 11:11 Tour’ and brought Brown to Texas for financial gain” despite his alleged history of “bad conduct and violent conduct,” per People.
“The violence included Brown and his entourage surrounding the Plaintiffs, throwing chairs at them, and repeatedly kicking, stomping, and beating them,” the complaint reads. “The unprovoked violence included multiple strikes to the Plaintiffs’ heads and chests, and ultimately involved stomping them while they were down. The brutal, violent assault participated in and directed by Brown, severely injured all Plaintiffs.”
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Tony Buzbee, attorney for the plaintiffs, released a statement, saying “This is Texas. The people here don’t care how important or famous you think you are, you have an obligation to follow the laws and conduct yourself in an appropriate way.”
“Unprovoked violence can’t and won’t be tolerated,” he added. “We intend to seek all damages that the law allows against Brown and his cohorts, to include punitive damages.”
Reps for Brown, Live Nation, Conway, Akinlolu and Ceej did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
