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Ohio Rapper Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Porn
Eric Chavis of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after making sexually explicit music videos featuring underage teenage girls, leading one of his victims to attempt suicide, according to the New York Daily News. He pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to produce child pornography. After his release, Chavis will have to…
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Cleveland Settles Rodney Brown's Wrongful Death Suit for $375,000
The family of a black man who died after Cleveland police used a Taser on him in 2010 will settle with the city for $375,000, the mayor’s office announced Thursday, Reuters reports. Rodney Brown was pulled over Dec. 31, 2010, by two Cleveland police officers who used a Taser on him and further subdued him…
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Autopsy: Tyre King Was ‘More Likely Than Not’ Running Away When Police Gunned Him Down
Tyre King, the 13-year-old boy who was fatally shot by Columbus, Ohio, police last week, was “more likely than not” running away at the time he was killed. According to an autopsy performed by Dr. Francisco Diaz, an independent medical examiner retained by Tyre’s family, “Based on the location and the direction of the wound paths, it is…
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#TyreKing: 13-Year-Old Killed by Police Mourned at Vigil
On Thursday evening, friends, family and community members gathered for a vigil to remember the 13-year-old Ohio boy who was gunned down by police after allegedly pulling out a BB gun, CNN reports. According to the Columbus Dispatch, more than 150 people, including Tyre’s youth football teammates, gathered for the candlelight vigil near the area…
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Let's Wait Until The Facts Are Out Before We Rush To Conclusions About Tyree King's Death
13-year-old Tyree King was shot and killed by police officers in Columbus, Ohio last night. Naturally, whenever something like this happens, there’s a rush on social media to vilify, assign blame, and create hashtags. But we have to keep level heads and refrain from hysterics. Because we weren’t there, and we don’t know who’s really…
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13-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot by Columbus, Ohio, Police
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday night after officers say the boy pulled a gun—which later turned out to be a BB gun—from his waistband, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, officers were responding to a report of an armed robbery involving multiple suspects at the…
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Ohio Woman Shot and Killed After Car Accident Caused by Shooter
Deborah Pearl, 53, was on her way to work Saturday morning when her car was hit by a Jeep that ran through a red light at an intersection in Solon, Ohio, Cleveland 19 News reports. What followed the accident was even worse. After his vehicle had flipped over several times, Matthew Ryan Desha, 29, emerged from it holding…
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Ohio Inmate Who Survived Botched 2009 Execution Appeals 2nd Attempt
A convicted Ohio murderer who survived a botched 2009 execution is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to have a second attempt to put him to death declared unconstitutional, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the lawyers of Romell Broom say that another attempt at the death penalty would be cruel and unusual…
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Ohio Attorney Faces Jail for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Pin
An Ohio attorney was sentenced to five days in jail after refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter pin she was wearing. According to the Washington Post, an Ohio judge had told attorney Andrea Burton that there had been complaints about her pin and that court officials were not allowed to wear political pins in…
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Ohio Attorney Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Button
Youngstown, Ohio, attorney Andrea Burton was removed from court and taken into custody after a judge declared her in contempt for refusing to take off a Black Lives Matter pin. WKBN reports that Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Robert Milich said that Burton was in contempt of court for refusing to remove the button in his…