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The Alabama A&M band, an HBCU, is set to perform at the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 23 in New York City.

The roar of engines, the smell of high-octane fuel permeating the air, and a young driver from White Plains, Virginia, in the front of the pack challenging to take the

Following Sunday’s tornado ripping through Troup County, dozens of families in West Point are left without homes.

This is the band’s first appearance in the parade.

Grab an ice pick and bring it to their ribs. leave a scar from their belly to their jib. some [ bleep ] make it home. some stay for life. some [ bleep ] live for peace, and others live for wreck. look here, blood, you can stay on the humble or you can have a fight to the death. thats just a couple bars, man, throwaway bars, man. ya you know, donations, man, you know.kn thats a d-boys life. >> carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the ar streets of plainfield, new jersey and pours i...

Everybodys got that chance. some prison sentences dont end, you know what i mean? its a hard pill to swallow. its heavy [ bleep ]. im not trying to [ bleep ] die in here, but this, you know -- im good at it but [ bleep ] this. just got to get out and stay sober and find a job. thats about what it comes down to. if im not drinking or doing drugs and im employed, how can you go wrong? what could happen? >> in spite of seeing his release get delayed by seven days because he chose to assault another...

Skills.io communication is my occupation. im talkative, i meet different people.n believe it or not, a lot of people are looking to have a ve good time. my co-defendant, you know, was t pretty young lady and basically, you know, sells herself. sex is a billion-dollar industry. >> reporter: wrights troubles began when he and his female companion met a potential john at their hotel. it was christmas eve. >> we went back to his home, spent time there. on the way back to the hotel, things got heated...

Because i didnt want to be the victim, and over the course of time that became a part of my character. >> and recently wrights character was put to the test. >> he came back from recreation one night and noticed that his tv had been missing, so obviously he knew someone had took it. so he was pretty upset about that, as anybody would be. >> this is the penitentiary. are you serious? people [ bleep ] kill for that, for real, for real. >> surveillance video from the unit shows another inmate stand...

>> richie and two other white inmates recently dished out? consequences when they attacked a black inmate. coming up -- >> the three white guys running around assaulting the one guy here. g >> prison staff break down gerald richeys assault while two other inmates bridge the racial divide. >> theyve been doing this on camera, its a jeopardizing situation. almost 185pa pounds of somethin real vicious and i dont think they want to see [ bleep ]. the game doesnt end after that insane buzzer beater.

This one right here is actually a photo that i took at last months pictures, which you can see it has a different background. we took this one inside of rec. so i got my fro out in that one, its looking a little bit rough. so i didnt send these out too much. i passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. >> the sun is bright. >> makes a good picture. >> i cant really see too much. the sun is too bright. its kind of refle...