Tag Archives: Tamir Rice

Just after 4 PM yesterday a 14-year-old boy who did not pose a real threat to anyone was shot by a police officer in East Baltimore.  It was the one year anniversary of Freddie Gray’s funeral, the event two weeks after Gray’s death from spinal injuries in the care of police …

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 …

A Cleveland emergency medical services supervisor named Jamie Marquardt has been officially terminated Friday following disturbing comments he made on Facebook where he not only defended Officer Timothy Loehmann’s actions in fatally shooting Rice, but disgustingly espouses his desire to have  had the chance to shoot “the little criminal.” Monday, …

During Democratic primaries on Tuesday, voters sent a strong message to the prosecutors responsible in the cases of Laquan McDonald and Tamir Rice.  Both the Cook County State’s Attorney in Illinois, Anita Alvarez and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in Ohio were defeated by opponents in the democratic party. The downfall …

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 …

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: …

According to a Cleveland Scene magazine report on Wednesday, the Grand Jury tasked with the decision of whether or not to indict officers Frank Garmback and Timothy Loehmann in the death of Tamir Rice never actually voted on the matter. Via Raw Story: Standard grand jury procedure calls for two possible …

2015 was a year marked, among other political and social issues, by widespread discussions on the intersection of race and law enforcement. It also saw the continued increase of video footage exposing what many saw as double standards and racial bias from police forces. The rise of the Black Lives Matter …

At what point do we as a society look in the mirror and realize that progress isn’t inevitable? At what point do we realize that direct actions are needed to bring about real, lasting change for all Americans brutalized by our criminal justice/law enforcement systems? Immediately, we can only hope… …

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 …

Cleveland has failed to indict Tamir Rice’s killer,  the cop who fired on the 12-year-old boy for carrying a toy gun in a park.  School resource officer Matthew Cicero has been placed on paid administrative leave for a hateful rant on his Facebook page that be be threatening to minority …

“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 …

“The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12 year old Tamir Rice last year will not face state criminal charges, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.” Full Story – NY Times