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Funeral for 13-Year-Old Tyre King Set for This Weekend in Columbus, Ohio
The family of Tyre King says that his funeral will take place this Saturday, WOSU reports. As previously reported by The Root, King, 13, was fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Bryan Mason on Sept. 14. Â Mason, a nine-year veteran of the force, was responding to reports of an armed robberyâin the amount…
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Ind. Fever Kneel as a Team During National Anthem
The Indiana Fever began their first-round game in the WNBA playoffs by locking arms and kneeling as a team during the playing of the national anthem Wednesday. Two players for the Phoenix Mercury, Mistie Bass and Kelsey Bone, joined in the protest. Coaches for both teams, as well as the rest of the Phoenix Mercury…
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Hagerstown, MD, Police Pepper-Spray 15-Year-Old Girl After Traffic Accident
Police in Hagerstown, Md., have come under fire after body-camera footage showed an officer pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl who was handcuffed in the back of a squad car. Officers from the Hagerstown Police Department responded to the scene of an accident Sunday afternoon after the girl, whose identity has not been released, reportedly hit a…
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Keith Lamont Scott's Wife Witnessed Him Being Shot by Police, Attorneys Say
Attorneys representing the family of Keith Lamont Scott say that Scottâs wife witnessed the Tuesday-afternoon shooting that killed her husband. âYes, itâs my understanding that his wife saw him get shot and killed, and thatâs something she will never, ever forget,â attorney Justin Bamberg said at a press conference outside the Mecklenburg County, N.C., courthouse…
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Takes #NoDAPL Fight to the United Nations
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II asked the United Nations for help Tuesday in preventing the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built. Archambault spoke at the 33rd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which runs Sept. 13-30 in Geneva. Archambault told the council that oil companies are causing the deliberate destruction of âour…
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Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Wells Fargo CEO During Senate Banking Committee Hearing
âMr. Stumpf, the Wells Fargo Vision and Values statement [pdf], which you frequently cite, says, quote, âWe believe in values lived, not phrases memorized. If you want to find out how strong a companyâs ethics are, donât listen to what its people say; watch what they do.â So, letâs do that.â So began Democratic Sen.…
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Charlotte, NC, Police Say Keith Lamont Scott Had a Gun, but Was That Enough to Detain Him?
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police insist that 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was carrying a gun and not complying with officersâ orders when he was shot Tuesday afternoon, but why did police initiate contact with him in the first place? According to the police statement, officers were at the Village at College Downs apartment complex to serve an…
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Wage Gap Between Black and White Americans Is Wider Than in 1979
In a new report put out by the Economic Policy Institute, black Americans today earn even less money than they did in 1979 in comparison with their white counterparts. The findings, published Tuesday, reveal that the wage gap has widened over the last 37 years. According to the report, the wage gap has widened more…
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Obama Administration's 'Overtime Law' Hit With Lawsuit by 21 States
Nevada was joined by 20 other states in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday over a new rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers. The Washington Post reports that the suit was filed by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt in U.S. District Court, Eastern District…
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Is George H.W. Bush Voting for Hillary Clinton in November?Â
Rumor has it that former President George H.W. Bush will be voting for Hillary Clinton when ballots are cast at the polls this November. CNN reports that sources say this is not the first time the 41st president has said that he will vote for Clinton. Bush, a Republican, who lost as the incumbent in…
