Grant Williams, a former Wu-Tang Clan studio worker, spent 23 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. WNBC’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Hope 4 A good lawsuit now
It was Raekwon lol 5’5 and stocky
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FALSE CHARGES. FALSE ARREST. NO MORE SORRY! NO MORE EXCUSES.
No dna or finger print just the eye witness of a white women
Justice system is a real joke!
Nobody laughing tho….. except old white men,
I can’t believe I didn’t know about this
I see u GhostDini
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Yaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Justice isn’t served by convicting the wrong person.
It is for them
Foul. Yall robbed him and promoted 12. Now they gonna use them to look like they making a change to get your votes. Smh its on yall
Wow, 23 years!….. He’s a strong guy.
Racist profiling hurts…….
Last fight https://youtu.be/pq9yyaZ25YI
Thugs be thuggin. They don’t know if he did or didn’t do it.
@Nick Armstrong I guess humans can go to jail, if they don’t snitch….. But at the end of the day, the person in jail is still not the “suspect”.
I can’t imagine missing out on 1996-2022. That’s most of my life.
This is a good report.
NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD COP! EVERY cop has seen some other cop violate a citizens constitutional rights, EVERY cop has seen some other cop abuse his/her authority. Because they never report the abuse or arrest their fellow cop it makes them accomplices and complicit to the crime and guilty by association. Defund the police. End qualified immunity for the police.
That suit speaks to me.
Hope he gets multi-millions and then invests it wisely
That’s 😢 awful. Time to sue now!
Oooh and he is. They owe him a large portion of his life back. I pray 🙏 he sues the heck out of them and wins.
a race baiting administration is what this is.
They need to pay him
Sleep well brother💪. I can think of seven million reasons to live life to your fullest potential my boy. It’s easy to hold grudges but it’s hard to move on. Try and focus on moving on and healing. They really should give you a milli for every year you served and that’s with them getting off easy💪. God speed bro!!!💯💯💯💯
Facts. I said that. A million for every year.
This is sickening!!!! I’m sorry isn’t enough!!! Better set him up for life!!!!!
Wu!!!!
Ghost has been bigging him up for years… that’s Big Un! You’ll hear a shoutout on “Run” and “We Made It”
The practice of picking up the first person is extremely prevalent and still ongoing. Lazy and evil.
WE MUST NOT CLAP AT THE TYRANNICAL SYSTEM BY THE PEOPLE DEVOTED TO OPPRESSING US !!!!!!!
How does this take 23 years?
Exactly. The witness said he’s 5’5 but he’s 6’2. Like WTF
I can’t even imagine what he went through!!
No one can but him!!
Wow amen 🙏 the time was taken but now your free hug and kiss and many any blessings 🙌 😘
GFK!!!
So glad a mother can hold her son ❤️ a family reunion forever.
100 millions lawsuits who agree. I know you can’t get 20 plus years of your life back
American justice ⚖
Ghostface!! I LOVE that man! I can only hope this perpetuates new music from Wu.
God Bless You . Anything Done In The Dark Will Come To The Light 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Why the news channel cut off Ghostface short when he was talking smh
Thank god they didn’t wait until he was in his 80s ,and I hope they pay him retribution for the time he lost being able to make a living for his family.
I remember when he was arrested,and it was just wrong. Glad to see he is going to be able to succeed
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New york has plenty of billions of dollars. He will be properly compensated
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I’m glad to see that I wasn’t the only person who was screwed over by the legal system. I was starting to think it couldn’t just be me with as many flaws exists
It’s not a flaw. It’s the foundation
It’s always a black guy. Go get your money bro and keep it moving.
Wow. They stole his life 😡
How do you confuse 5’5 stalky with 6’2 & thin? SMH 23 years for something you didn’t do must feel like a nightmare. There’s no amount that can pay that man back for that.
Where’s the witness that testified against him? the person needs to be locked up.
glad he is out, but it’s sad that it took that much time and effort for him to get out.
If he gets any retribution? Wow. That should not even be a question. They stole 25 years of his life and pretty much got free labor from him too. They better pay. Smh.
The jury who convicted this innocent man should be sentenced to serve the same time. ⚖️
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Happy for him, now sue the crap out of the state !!!!
#ThisIsAmerica.💔🇺🇲
Only 7 million??
Why can’t we hold the ones accountable for the part they all played in this case?? 🤔 I believe it should be consequences for not getting this right considering it can ruin someone’s life
Now he has to go through years of therapy..smh there will never justice.
The Wu is back. Wu-Tang forever.
#wutang
RZA dd it
I hope you live an extra 30 of vigorous life
Wu-Tang Forever enough said
Good.
I can’t imagine being innocent in prison
Wtf
God is good
23 years he did the whole bid, Foul …..
They could keep the “I’m sorry ” you can’t gave those years back!
So who killed the guy??
We gotta stop this from happening, people are losing their lives here
Super sad… but I chuckled inside when his voice sounded like GZA’s.
They where white folks back in 1996 where was the good world & folks at at the time. If you would have dropped a penny they would have convicted you so being black what would they do con con convict him with the quickness before it gains coverage. Its sad just another excuse to lock a black man up then say we have law and order.
Now go after the investigators and the sole witness Laws must change to hold District Attorneys responsible. Jail time and law license revoked
They stole that man life
Maybe this should kick of a major discussion on juridical reforms. Not on the Jury part, not on the law part, but on the philosophy of law applied in the U.S. court rooms and taught in law school education. There are some basic rules such as in dubio pro reo, that everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty, that a sentence must be in relation to the crime, that prosecution is about rehabilitation not revenge.
Beside a statement of a witness, it needs a motive and different perspectives on what happened, a trial is about finding the truth of an incident and to clarify who broke a law and how to make sure that it it won’t happen again in a system that must have laws all equal to all.
#provos #cyberpunkcoltoure
WU-TANG FOREVER!
Woman in the red blazer is stunningly beautiful 😍
Wu Tang!!!!
Id want money too but it was deep that all he really wanted to say was that he was innocent and wants to clear his name.
Just being Black in America will get you thrown in jail. Meanwhile in a Texas school……
This is why we cannot have the ” death penalty “, …after 22 years later.. you wanna say ,’Ooops’ ,..Sorry it was a mistake..? How many times have we seen this movie before…
The problem is y’all think these people playing with you. History shows otherwise.
He came out of Prison as a Man; not a low life criminal which Prison turns you into. Someone like me wouldn’t last in Prison; I could be given 1 day and end up with life over taking another inmates or CO’S life.
Injustice is what was proved…this man suffered 23 yrs. of his life under a mistaken Identity , as a murderer. It’s not a Justice that this man is free. This is Injustice that needs , has , or can represent Justice after the fact….don’t ever think of it that way. Injustice happened…there is no justification after that…We should never Call it “Justice” but a “Horrible Crime to think about” lest we are doomed to repeat…the truth? or a lie you tell about this man could be your conviction…as well. Unjust.as his false accusers.
WOW this is assopoopely 💩
Absowutely amaisiannnnn amazing WOW
Congratulations!! Free at last. Prayers for RESTORATION in all areas of your life. You look handsome. Just remember to say thank you every morning when you rise.
WU TANG IS FOR THE BABIES.and all the innocent ones
Wu-Tang forever.
Wu Tang Clan ain’t nothing to phuck wit’
Somebody tell him it’s 2022, flip that suit collar down. Congratulations!!!!!!!!
New york nazi race laws 🥶
Wow
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BLM frfr
Even if he innocent, he has hate in his heart . . .
Wu Tang Clan? I thought the blacks always complain to others of “cultural appropriation”? I mean, that whole “community” was angered because Aquafina has a Brooklyn accent? LoL now this band makes money with a name like Wu Tang Clan… what a bunch a bozos.