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Cleveland Police Union Seeks to Overturn Firing of Tamir Rice's Killer
In a late albeit unsurprising display of indecency, the Cleveland police union has filed an appeal in court to overturn the firing of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014. Loehmann was fired by the city over the contents of his job application and not for the murder of Rice,…
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Trump-Loving MAGA Cop Who Blamed Tamir Rice for His Own Death Is Now a Homicide Detective
Steve Loomis is trash. After a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice for the unconscionable crime of playing with a toy gun in a park, Loomis blamed Rice, saying, “Tamir Rice is in the wrong…He’s menacing. He’s 5-feet-7, 191 pounds. He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures. He’s a…
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Marcia Fudge, Aisha Fraser, and the Fallacy of the ‘Bad’ Abuser
In 2015, as Cleveland Judge Lance Mason was scheduled to be sentenced for brutally beating his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge penned a letter of support for the the judge, citing more than “20 years of friendship.” “The behavior Lance displayed on August 2, 2014, is out of character and totally contrary…
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After Inmate Deaths, Cleveland Judge Vows to Stop Sending Nonviolent Offenders to Local Jail
After deplorable conditions—and a slew of deaths—have kept Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland in the headlines, a judge has vowed to stop sending his low-level defendants to the jail. Municipal Judge Michael Nelson says he’s no longer comfortable “setting bonds for people charged with crimes unless they’re charged with violent crimes,” writes Cleveland.com, meaning the…
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Cleveland Cop Caught Using N-Word in Texts, Gets Slap on the Wrist
A Cleveland police detective, who works in a predominantly black neighborhood, was found to have used the n-word to refer to Ohio State football players, according to an internal police investigation. For his infraction, Det. John Kraynik, who works in Cleveland’s Fourth District, basically received a slap on the wrist (Cleveland.com reports that he was…
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In Defense of J.R. Smith, the Loneliest Man in Cleveland
By now you’ve all hopped onto your social media timelines to jump on the J.R. Smith-bashing bandwagon. I get it. In fact, he’s kind of an easy person to blame. The Cleveland Cavaliers guard is a rumored pothead, who always kind of seems out of place. Remember when the Cavaliers won the title, and during…
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Samaria Rice to Open Tamir Rice Cultural Center in 2019
Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was gunned down on a playground by an erratic “officer of the law” in 2014, is mending her heartbreak by working to open a cultural center in the name of her son. The planned Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center will honor Tamir’s legacy by operating as…
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Cleveland Teens Brazenly Rob Crew in Station Van
In Such Cases, How Much to ID Suspects, Victims? Middlebrook Taking Buyout From Detroit News An Apology From BuzzFeed’s Adrian Carrasquillo Workneh, Formerly at Black Voices, Joins Blavity Workers: Comcast-NBCUniversal No. 1 on Diversity Mexican Reporter Seeking Help Gets Shot of Hope Reflections on a Year of ‘Diversity Fatigue’ Carlos Illescas Helped Denver Post Win…
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Cleveland Finds Out This Week if It Made History by Electing 1st Muslim to City Council
It is strange to still hear about political “firsts” in 2017. The immediate reaction is often, “How did it take this long for [fill-in-the-blank] to happen?” Last month’s elections created about half-a-dozen significant political firsts in municipal and statewide elections that ranged from totally unexpected to “Wait, that just happened for the first time?” A…