In a settlement announced Monday, the City of Cleveland agreed to pay 6 million dollars to the family of Tamir Rice, the 12 year old boy who was fatally shot by a white Cleveland police officer in November of 2014 for playing with a toy pellet gun. The settlement, which will …
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After not serving justice to 12 year old Tamir Rice, who was gunned down by police, The City of Cleveland is suing the family of Tamir for “unpaid emergency medical fees’. So, not only was Tamir’s life meaningless to the city who’s Grand Jury decline to indict his killer, they …
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Brian Dorin, a Cleveland officer we first reported on for threatening to run over and shoot activists, is now being investigated by a civilian review board for his alleged misconduct. Alana Belle, the student activist at whom the officer directed his threat, filed the complaint against Officer Dorin. Via Huffington Post: …
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Via Michael Nigro @Huffington Post: A Cleveland police cruiser lurches forward into a coterie of protesters and stops dangerously close to hitting a number of us who, along with about 150 others, had taken the streets for a second day in a row since the local grand jury decided not …
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“On December 28th, 29th and 30th, I marched through Downtown Cleveland Ohio in protest of the court ruling to not indict the officer involved in the murder of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. While marching with my ‘family’ the thought occurred to me, Do Black Lives Really Matter? So I decided to ask a …
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