You may remember former Tennessee Volunteer football player Nu’Keese Richardson. The freshman wide receiver was kicked off the team after police arrested him last November for attempted armed robbery.
Though he was given a three-year prison sentence for his crime, if he violates his court-ordered probation he will likely go to prison. No longer a student at Tennessee, Richardson has since transferred to I-AA Hampton (VA) University to try to reclaim his once-promising football career.
(Jarvis Byrd)
Richardson played high school ball with current N.C. State defensive back Jarvis Byrd, who was generally regarded as the Wolfpack’s top high school recruit in 2009. It turns out the two are still friends, if video linked today from Richardson’s personal Twitter account is any indication.
(Nu’Keese Richardson)
Richardson, Byrd and former Pahokee high school classmate Kaalum Williams are all shown on that video making an apparent late-night visit to Wal-Mart. There’s no indication when the video was originally shot.
(Kaalum Williams)
I’ve transcribed a portion of their comments while they shopped for t-shirts. The video audio is extremely not safe for work and is riddled with homosexual slurs by Richardson, so be warned.
Kaluum Williams: “Yo, we’re in the store man ...”
Jarvis Byrd: (looking into camera) “Go steal the bish (bitch) shirt.”
Kaluum Williams: “Yo, we’re in the store, we’re in Wal-Mart …”
Jarvis Byrd: “Late night shift.”
Kaluum Williams: “Late night shift, it’s 12 O’Clock.”
Few seconds later…
Jarvis Byrd: “Hey where the t-shirts at?”
Kaluum Williams: “They’re over here son.”
Jarvis Byrd: “You sure?”
Kaluum Williams: “Yeah.”
Byrd rips open t-shirt package while looking around.
Kaalum Williams: “Come on I’ll pay for that man.”
Jarvis Byrd: “No man.”
Kaalum Williams: “Yes man.”
Jarvis Byrd: “No.”
Kaalum Williams: (looking into camera) “We’re not stealing ladies so don’t go telling coach on us.”
Nu’Keese Richardson: “We’re just borrowing that sh–, my nigga gonna return that sh–.”
Jarvis Byrd: (laughs as he puts on t-shirt.)
Nu’Keese Richardson: (laughing) “I guess not, f— it nigga.”
A month ago, Jason Lieser of PALM BEACH POST profiled Richardson. Excerpt:
Former Pahokee football star Nu’Keese Richardson sat afraid and alone, staring at the brick walls of a Knox County jail cell.
Realizing that his once-promising career was sliding into oblivion, he prayed to his deceased mother and to God for a second chance.
Now he has it.
Richardson was so prized at Pahokee High that major college coaches such as Florida’s Urban Meyer and Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin fought over him before he ultimately chose the Volunteers. He attained celebrity at Tennessee the moment he stepped on campus last summer, but his image crumbled when the school kicked him out after police arrested him for attempted armed robbery in November.
At 19, he is trying to launch a comeback at Hampton University, a small, Division I-AA college near Virginia’s Atlantic coast. With a three-year prison sentence looming if he violates his court-ordered probation, Richardson knows he cannot slip again. He also knows his path to the NFL is steeper than ever.
Still, he is ecstatic about this opportunity. In his first full interview since his arrest, he recently sat at an oak conference table in Hampton’s football office and discussed everything from his troubled childhood to his hopes of dominating the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference as a wide receiver.
His tone was peaceful and his eyes showed his enthusiasm as he talked about reclaiming what once seemed to be a boundless future.
“Right now, my head’s good,” he said. “I’m in love with Hampton. I’m growing up now. I’ve been through a lot of things in life and it’s really opened my eyes. It’s bigger than just football right now.
“If you slip, it all can be gone just like that,” he added, snapping his fingers.
The scary part about Richardson’s Wal-Mart video is that this isn’t even his worse case of misjudgement in public. He’s is the same guy who wore Tennessee athletic gear during his armed robbery attempt of a convenience store in Knoxville in November.
If today’s video linked from Richardson’s personal Twitter account is any indication, he and Byrd still have some serious growing up to do.
9:26 pm on May 21st, 2010
guarantee they grew up without fathers in their lives…this is what illegitimacy produces…losers.
9:39 pm on May 21st, 2010
Idiots shopping in Wal-Mart, shocking!
9:45 pm on May 21st, 2010
F-ck you, Ineedtostopreadingaboutidiots
10:02 pm on May 21st, 2010
I agree. F-ck ineedtostopreadingaboutidiots and his narrow world view.
11:18 pm on May 21st, 2010
Narrow world view? Try reality jackass. Most adult or young black men can’t form words, take care of their children..or stop themselves from robbing people. Animals. Wal-mart better check the banana aisle.
1:17 am on May 22nd, 2010
@ Me too. Wow! What a racist comment to stereotype all black men because of your lack of exposure to “black” men. You can’t possibly be that IGNORANT?!? Stop watching Maury Povichand go mingle so that you can see what reality REALLY is because clearly, you don’t get out the house much.
5:41 am on May 22nd, 2010
Are you kidding? I work with blacks just like them, sept about 10 years older. Metoo isn’t as wrong as most want to believe. One’s been working with me for almost 10 years and he can’t read a tape measure and he missed work yesterday because he was in jail…. Over plain stupid shit. If they ( poor blacks) don’t screw themselves over with bad choices, those around them bring them down. It’s terrible to see this, but you can only help somebody soo much. Sucks that these kids are talented, but stupid
7:38 am on May 22nd, 2010
soon to be welfare recipients. its only a matter of time. watch the video because that is where your tax dollars will be going very soon.
9:10 am on May 22nd, 2010
welcome to obama’s america. These 3 should be sent directly to marine boot camp to become men. They simply will never be decent, law-abiding citizens. That is fact
12:28 pm on May 22nd, 2010
How does this have anything to do with “Obama’s America?” And what is the deal with the racist comments? You take a legitimate story–that a young man with a second chance has apparently not learned his lesson–and turn it into a vehicle for your backwards opinions about other races. Perhaps YOU should grow up and be a decent person.
1:24 pm on May 22nd, 2010
a group of fine young black citizens
2:17 pm on May 22nd, 2010
First off, this is a BS report. Many errors. For instance Nu’Keese was not arrested for Armed Robbery of a convenience store. He was arrested for attempted robbery of 2 guys sitting in a car outside a convenience store while using a water gun. Big difference. As far as the racist stuff, get real. These are 18-19 year old kids and this is exactly how kids that age act no matter what there color. They act stupid all the time because they have no maturity. White or Black it doesn’t matter this is what they do. I worked in a gas station during college, I was told to watch the black people because they might steal. I caught six people stealing, all white. The black people were the only ones that acted like they had since.
4:04 pm on May 22nd, 2010
Keep moving along here. Nothing to see except black men using N word and disparaging homosexuals. This only news if white folks do this.
4:13 pm on May 22nd, 2010
Not sure I like that you are basically stalking him and his twitter accounts for this story
9:01 pm on May 22nd, 2010
Another fine example of our fine youth in this country. There is no sense of responsibility anymore and everyone continues to help this along by making excuses for them. These are not 18-19 year old kids, they are now adults so why don’t they act like it. As for this being how all 18-19 year olds act, well I hope not or we are really in deep shit.
9:30 pm on May 22nd, 2010
I’d say they are more qualified for Obama’s administration than for Marine boot camp.
11:09 pm on May 22nd, 2010
First, f**k the racist posters who posted after me.
I’m BLACK and I don’t have a narrow worldview, I have a REAL worldview. And this is exactly what happens when young men grow up without fathers in the home or not involved.
If these kids had fathers in their life, they would likely not behave so idiotically. These kids lack respect for themselves and their respective families. I would never dishonor my parents or those before me in such a way. If for no other reason, I’d be afraid my grandfather would arise from the grave and bash my head in…he was definitely old school.
4:53 pm on May 23rd, 2010
Boobies!
10:24 pm on May 23rd, 2010
All you have to do is transplant the entire Singapore government to the United States, and let them run our country for 20 years. Problem Solved. These young men would be the pillars of American Society. Ahhh… but in all your ultimate wisdom - the society that you’ve chosen, created, fostered and protect…..it is what it is - The GREAT American experiment.
In Singapore, if you robbed somebody at gun point there would be no need for a prison sentence. Eventually the youth of America would realize…”we don’t allow violent crime to exist”.
Do you Americans care about the weeping innocents?
No - Your so calloused to their suffering, they’re just another news brief while you stuff your faces with corn flakes.
In Singapore if you stole from house and didn’t use a gun (you would survive your incarceration) but you would be corrected. You would be caned by a trained expert. Afterwards you would be delivered to a hospital room for recovery. Your nurses would care you, serve you breakfast, even establish friendly realtionships with you……BUT - You would find the path of a productive life and identifying your impulses of stupidity would become much keener. Maturity and not being able to find it - would no longer be an issue.
America is a society of finger pointers. Denial and not accepting responsiblity is an art form. The ship that our population exist on, zig zags a path guided by a minority voice. This country will fail. It is doomed to failure. The closer the day approaches, the louder you will scream - your rights are being violated. All along the path to that day America no longer exist, to preserve it - all you had to do was sacrifice a tiny portion of those rights.
You have a choice you ignorant cluster F*****s. Historians will have the right to judge if you made the right ones.
11:18 pm on May 23rd, 2010
What’s wrong with America? Just read your own comments, dickwads.
8:19 am on May 24th, 2010
They’re right, its the demeanor of young black teenagers, not everyone my age runs around taking shirts out of bags and all in wal-mart without pay’n for em at first….Yeah we go play hide and go seek in walmart but we dont tear anything up. My old man would’ve beat the ____ out of me if i’d done something like that. Its not the lack of a father that stems events like this its the lack of good ole ____ whuppins by the parents. I was raised up yes mam and no mam, yes sir no sir, in NC. WHen i’m at school its like the young black people think I owe them something. I DONT OWE THEM A DAMN THING….. but like a said its not a race question its just the lack of parenting that goes on these days.
8:59 am on May 24th, 2010
That piece of Sh*T doesn’t deserve a second chance. It’s time for people to start suffering the consequences of their actions. You can’t tell me that anyone over the age of 10 doesn’t know that its wrong to steal. It doesnt’ matter if its a T-shirt, a car, or someone’s wallet; theft is just plain wrong and he deserves to spend the rest of his life thinking about what might have been if he wasn’t such an A$$hole.
2:14 pm on May 25th, 2010
To the person that believes this to be typical behavior for 18 year old “children”, you’re 100% wrong. I live in the REAL world where we work long hours to earn the money in order to pay for goods and services. Down here in the South, we have zero tolerance for this type of behavior. These idiots typify the average 18 year old Southern black male, they can barely read, speak English (Ebonics is NOT English), and they’re tought, by their single Black mother, how to abuse the Welfare System. I say, put ‘em on a chain gang for 6 months for theft and when they go it again (remember, they’re idiots), put ‘em on a chain gang for 5 years. When they do it again (by this time they’re older but still idiotic), put ‘em on a boat to Africa.
2:28 pm on May 25th, 2010
It is a shame, a kid throwing away all that talent. It is also a shame that many of the young kids in this country can not even speak regular English but I guess they don’t need too there are no jobs for young blacks anyway. Now with 15 million Americans out of work and 15 million illegal aliens who want amnesty and will likely get it thanks to the help of the Black politicians. What then happens to the chances of a young black man with no more than a HS education finding a job when they give all the Mexicans amnesty and jobs. We voted for change and now we got it, but instead of helping young blacks they are helping illegal Mexicans to get free health care and jobs that blacks should get. I am old enough to retire but the kids that work with me may never get a shot at retiring and many may be lucky to keep a job. Nukeese at the rate he is going will be lucky to flip hamburgers if he is not in jail. His chances of playing pro football went to hell when he picked Kiffin over Florida. He may have behaved at home with family close but away he did not get a second chance like one of his accomplishes Janzen Jackson who was a starter. The Knoxville DA it seems gives starters a better plea bargain. Jackson got nothing but community service and is still on the team and NuKeese got booted. The gay bashing is a joke. That is normal everyday stuff why the surprise. Most blacks do not like Gays it is very simple. The Mexicans even hate gays worse than blacks. No Mexican in Mexico will admit to being gay. Same as almost no black in the ghetto will come out of the closet unless they are a drag queen. No amount of laws will ever change some people from hating gays. If there is anything to be shocked about in this clip it is he was stupid enough to record the evidence that could put him back in jail not the gay bashing.
10:57 pm on May 25th, 2010
its funny…all these (presumably) white guys talking crazy shit about black guys but I have yet…yet…in my 30+ years to encounter a white guy who would say any of this to my face. And I’ve lived in Indiana and Alabama…so no shortage of avowed racists.
Admittedly, I’m big..and I can be an intimidating guy…but hey, don’t be cowards. If you truly have contempt for someone be man enough to express it as freely in-person as you do on these comment sections on websites. Otherwise you just sound like pussies. The shit I say here…I’d say it to any of these kids or anyone else. Have a pair and express your dislike and if you take an ass-whupping, take it like a man instead of living like a coward…
1:42 am on May 26th, 2010
I work the hood too often and see exactly what goes on there. The good people stay in at night and hope not to get robbed or worse shot by the thugs n crackheads. I have never had a problem telling someone what I think. I am not racist but if one doesnt see the divide then they are shopping for excuses. Look around at the opportunities and ask yourself what is wrong. Look at New Orleans then take a step back and look at how Nashville handled their own disaster(which could be the costliest to date). New Orleans has been in the news ever since. But how often did you see neighbors helping each other out down there? Everyone down there waited on uncle sam. Look at Birmingham, most whites moved out of the city. Its going to the crapper, taxing the businesses to keep up with the welfare crowd has only cost them growth. Im calling it the way I see it and I dont give a rats behind what race you are. When you care about what people think(be it your relatives or preacher) of your actions one has something called pride. Sorry if it doesnt taste good but the truth is foul.
12:10 pm on May 26th, 2010
Do not peg this to race it goes deeper. these kids are deified by recruiters and the Universities that recruit them. they believe they are beyond reproach because they are led to believe that nonsense in the recruiting wars. You see the same behavior thing in the “red neck” community too. I will agree with one thing these young men have not had the proper father or grandfather looking over their shoulders. however do not think for one minute the white race does not have similar behavioral issues. If you beleive that you do not go outside the house much.
I am white and I am telling it like it is.
1:44 pm on May 26th, 2010
Ineedtostopreadingaboutidiots is right. This is the product of LBJ and great society and the welfare state and the entitlement mentality of our country. If you track marriage rates among the black community up until LBJ’s crusade to save to poor, they were actually higher than white’s. Also recovering was the income gap. After great society was started they entered into a tailspin so that now something like 80% of white families are traditional mother/father, while 20% of black families are mother/father. Our government is killing the black community just like crack with promises of a free payout and a lifetime of subsistence.
7:15 am on May 27th, 2010
nice
6:51 pm on May 27th, 2010
Ignorance has no color.. Please do not let this be the stereo type of all young black athletes… cause I know plenty that have good character…. I take you to home training obviously… there was none and just as you have dumb white people you have dumb latinos and dumb black people… what it all balls down to is home training.. which none have… this type of ignorance should not even be glorified on a u tube but we let this crap on it… someone must govern ignorance right…. stop allowing it to continue for a little hits and the cost of a dollar…. Who even cares about this type of stuff.. Most people don’t but in a country where we allow dumb stuff like this to even find a stage for it shows how ignorant we have become as a nation.
8:12 am on May 30th, 2010
do any of you know about the jim crow law i guess you dont mabey if YOUR ancestors had been men of there words we wouldnt have this problem ive met some good but alot of you are still misguided souls racism will never die as long as there are people like those who wrote those comments
8:34 am on May 30th, 2010
Try this on for size. @ meto, take in to count those bastards at Enron who stole millions of dollars to feed their own greed. They stole people’s hard earned pensions and 401k’s. Don’t tell me about black people, when it is just as many whites committing crimes of the same sort. I want you to remember as well that there is more white people on welfare than any other race. So Meto, how is this formation of words… Your mother should have swallowed you! You are a waste of legitimate space that could be reserved for someone more worthy.
5:41 pm on May 30th, 2010
I agree with bone . The welfare system has replaced the father . Thanks LBJ , you piece of -rap .
6:47 am on May 31st, 2010
bunch of thug wanta bes..im happy that they r gone.
8:12 am on May 31st, 2010
did anyone notice the red bandana hangin in his back pocket? guys his age need to stop being followers and do for themselves and make their own decisions.
8:23 am on May 31st, 2010
i for the life of me, dont see anything cute with his pants hangin that way, i wonder if the univ. tennese allows that behavior at the school.that shit started in prison and the kids picked up on it and thought it was kool.what he needs is a year in the pen and see if hes all that.hes lucky he didnt get blasted by a rival while hangin in wal mart,they should show when he got busted at wal-marts.that would have been great! see the tough guy get busted.
8:27 am on May 31st, 2010
he violated his agreement with the courts if im reading this right.
3:47 pm on July 20th, 2010
I find it interesting but hardly surprising that those here who are spouting off such vile, despicable views of blacks don’t have enough guts to use their names when they post. I agree that these boys (they don’t deserve to be called men) have made some remarkably poor choices and should be punished. However, reverting to and repeating racist stereotypes does nothing to advance any type of understanding or tolerance. There are plenty of people of all races who make stupid decisions like these children did. Surely it can’t all be reduced to race as the reason.
If you’re going to say something, at least be man enough to own your comment. The only people less deserving of pity than Richardson and his crew are those who cower behind their keyboards.
1:00 pm on October 9th, 2011
It’s really unfortunate