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  • Hillary Clinton Calls for Public Release of #KeithLamontScott Shooting Video

    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became one of the many people calling for public release of body-camera footage showing the Sept. 20 police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C. On Friday, Clinton posted this appeal to her Twitter account: The Charlotte Observer reports that Clinton’s post comes after an earlier release from North…

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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.   Mason, a nine-year veteran of the force, was responding to reports of an armed robbery—in the amount…

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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 Scott’s wife witnessed the Tuesday-afternoon shooting that killed her husband. “Yes, it’s my understanding that his wife saw him get shot and killed, and that’s something she will never, ever forget,” 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 “our…

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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 officers’ 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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  • State of Mich. Removes Flint’s Ability to Sue Over Water Crisis

    The city of Flint, Mich., will not be able to file a lawsuit against the state of Michigan over the drinking-water crisis unless the state says it’s OK. The Detroit Free Press reports that the five-member Receivership Transition Advisory Board, appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder, changed the rules under which Flint is governed so that…

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  • Conn. State Police Caught on Camera Fabricating Evidence Against a Protester

    State police in Connecticut are facing a lawsuit after accidentally recording themselves conspiring to fabricate evidence against a protester. The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut filed the suit Sept. 15, a year after Michael Picard was arrested for protesting near a DUI checkpoint in West Hartford, Conn. Picard often protests DUI checkpoints, which he feels…

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  • Tulsa, Okla., Police Release Graphic Video of Unarmed Black Motorist in Fatal Shooting

    Police in Tulsa, Okla., released video footage Monday of an officer-involved shooting of an unarmed black man. Both dashcam footage and helicopter footage show that 40-year-old Terence Crutcher had his hands in the air and was unarmed when he was shot by white Police Officer Betty Shelby on Sept. 16. PBS NewsHour reports that Police…

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