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Hero That Took Gun From Mass Shooter Has Raised $200,000 For Victims
Sprint And T-Mobile Agree To Merger
Sprint and T-Mobile an- nounced Sunday that they had reached a deal to merge, mov- ing to create a new telecommu- nications giant — and betting that regulators will finally allow the U.S. wireless market to shrink to just three national players.
A combined company, they said, would have more than
100 million subscribers — and the resources to build out a next-generation wireless net- work and challenge the long- time market leaders, Verizon
and AT&T.
Sprint and T-Mobile also
said the merged company — which would keep the T-Mo- bile name and be run by T-Mo- bile’s chief executive, John Legere — would create thou- sands of jobs by building out that next-generation network and opening hundreds of new stores in rural areas.
NASHVILLE, TN — James Shaw, Jr., maintains the only reason he tackled Travis Reinking to the ground and stopped him from killing more people inside a Tennessee Waffle House was for selfish reasons. However, the 29-year- old is proving his altruism with a Go-Fund Me account he es- tablished in honor of the vic- tims.
At the time of this post, Shaw’s fundraising efforts have yielded $191, 648 in the week since Reinking killed four people in and outside the fast-food chain. Belmont Uni- versity senior DeEbony Groves, Akilah DaSilva, Waffle House em- ployee, Taurean Sanderlin and Joe Perez were among the victims killed with Reink- ing’s AR-15 assault riffle.
Due to Shaw’s quick think- ing and ability to wrestle the gun out of Reinking’s posses- sion, he fled the Waffle House and was found in a wooded area the next day. Shaw was treated for a minor wound hours after the April 22 en- counter and then later went to
James Shaw, Jr. is being called a hero.
church with his father.
A separate Go Fund Me ac-
count was launched for Shaw and his daughter, which is also nearing $200,000. Taking to Facebook, Shaw said these shooting will not stop and will use his new found stardom to be an advocate for common sense gun laws.
“I’m using this platform not only for the families that lost people and the other wounded victims but also for future inci- dents, education young men and women about...gun vio- lence.”
Family Sues American Airlines For Not Landing When Woman Became Ill On Flight
SOUTH CAROLINA — The family of a South Carolina woman who died after suffer- ing a medical emergency mid- flight is now suing American Airlines alleging wrongful death.
Brittany Oswell, 25, suf- fered an embolism while flying from Honolulu, Hawaii to Dal- las, Texas two years ago. The lawsuit claims the flight crew never attempted to make an emergency landing and that the onboard medical equip- ment was faulty.
The lawsuit claims Os- well’s husband, Cory, paged the flight attendants on Amer- ican Flight 102 about three hours into the trip after she became “dizzy and disori- ented” and then fainted. The flight attendants then found a doctor among the other pas- sengers who could further ex- amine Oswell, who at that point was believed to have suf- fered a panic attack, according to the lawsuit.
Several hours later, the flight attendants found Os- well on the floor of one of the plane’s lavatories after her husband flagged them down, according to the lawsuit. She had vomited and defecated on
Brittany and Cory Oswell were on an American Airlines flight when she became ill. The pilot refused to do an emer- gency landing. Brittany died 3 days later.
herself in the lavatory, the law- suit states, and the attendants and her husband proceeded to “render assistance.
The lawsuit alleges that the doctor on the flight told the crew they needed to immedi- ately divert the plane to the nearest airport so that Oswell could receive proper medical care. But with about 90 min- utes left until their arrival in Dallas and after a call with a physician who was not on board, the pilots chose not to follow the doctor’s request, ac- cording to the lawsuit.
Activists Call For Nationwide Boycott Against Waffle House
The video of the violent arrest by Saraland, Alabama police of a Black female customer at the Waffle House there has sparked protest. However, the corporate office supported the employee’s decision.Chikesia Clemons, center with her mom, and Atty. Benjamin Crump. the woman at the center of the violent Alabama Waffle House arrest, spoke publicly for the first time on Sunday morn- ing about the harrowing incident last weekend.
MOBILE, AL — In a heated meeting with protesters Mon- day, Waffle House officials doubled down on supporting employees at one of the com- pany's Alabama franchises who called the police on an African-American patron out of "concern for their personal safety.”
Activists protested at Waf- fle House’s Atlanta headquar- ters on Monday, demanding the restaurant chain drop charges against customer Chikesia Clemons, who was violently arrested its Sar- aland, Alabama location on April 22.
The activists, including those representing causes like March for Our Lives, the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, and the NAACP, asked Waffle House to with- draw charges against Clemons, who was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
The activists also asked Waffle House to release video
of the incident that “will prove officers threatened Ms. Clemons,” issue a statement rebuking the mishandling of Clemons and take “discipli- nary action” against employ- ees involved.
The arrest of the 25-year- old woman sparked outrage after a cellphone video sur- faced showing three white male Saraland police officers wrestling Clemons to the floor of the restaurant and handcuffing her even as the top of her shoulderless dress came down, exposing her breasts.
Clemons spoke publicly for the first time on Sunday morning about the harrowing incident.
“I’m just taking it day by day, it’s just so hard on me, I can’t eat I can’t sleep, I’m con- stantly crying, I have a six- year-old daughter, I’m trying to be strong for her,” Clemons told Al Sharp- ton on MSNBC’s PolticsNa- tion Sunday morning. “She
sees me crying, she starts to cry so it’s very hard on me at the time right now.
Police are claiming Cle- mons and a friend were drunk when they entered the Waffle House and they brought alcohol into the store. Police say she threatened to “shoot up the place” and went as far as sharing a picture of her in jail holding a trash can, stating that she had to throw up because she was drunk.
Clemons and her attor- neys have disputed the ac- count, saying that she simply asked for plastic utensils and was told she had to pay for them. When she demanded to speak to a manager, police were called.
Al Sharpton, along with Clemons’ attorney Ben- jamin Crump, will be in Mobile to host a town hall meeting on the arrest next week on Tuesday evening.
The activists called for a nationwide boycott of Waffle House beginning on Friday.
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