White Couple Who Called Police on 12-Year-Old Mowing Lawn Called Them Again on the 4th of July Because They Felt ‘Threatened’
Some people just need their ass whupped to be fined for wasting precious taxpayer money on mundane foolishness.
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.
From Starbucks to Hashtags: We Need to Talk About Why White Americans Call the Police on Black People
“Don’t you fucking walk away! Don’t fucking walk away from me!” the 20-something-year-old woman screamed as she followed after the 20-something-year-old guy who just got out of her car. It was 2 a.m.; only the streetlights were on, but the guy was clearly done with his girlfriend (probably ex-girlfriend at this point)…
ICYMI: Oprah Wants Us All to Remember Recy Taylor
Recy Taylor should never be forgotten; Oprah says so.
Trump-Loving, NFL-Protest-Hating Police-Union Chief Who Supported Tamir Rice Killer Ousted by Black Cops
The Cleveland police-union president who resembles the love child of Lex Luthor and Sarah Huckabee Sanders was voted out of office Tuesday in part because Cleveland’s black police officers were tired of his incessant bullshit.
No Justice, No Peace, Just Crooked Police
On Thursday they told us once again that what we saw with our very own eyes is not what happened. They switched the narrative, painted another black man as an aggressor who caused his own death, and even with video evidence that directly contradicts their narrative, no cops are being charged.
Cleveland Police Department Fires Timothy Loehmann, Officer Who Shot and Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, was fired Tuesday, two-and-a-half years after the November 2014 incident, the city announced at a news conference.
Watch: I Made It to 21. Mike Brown Didn’t
Mike Brown was 18.
No Indictment: Ohio Grand Jury Finds Police Shooting of 13-Year-Old Tyre King ‘Justified’
Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Bryan Mason, 31, will not be held accountable for shooting 13-year-old Tyre King to death on Sept. 14, 2016, a Franklin County grand jury has decided.
Watch: Newly Released Interviews of Officers Involved in Tamir Rice Shooting Reveal Inconsistencies, Emotion
Two-and-a-half years after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was gunned down in a park by a Cleveland police officer, the investigative interviews of the two cops have been made public by Cleveland.com.
911 Dispatcher Who Took Call That Led to Tamir Rice’s Fatal Shooting Suspended for 8 Days
A 911 dispatcher who took the call that led to the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a recreation center more than two years ago has been suspended for eight days.
City of Cleveland Announces Administrative Charges Pending Against Officers Involved in Shooting Death of Tamir Rice
The city of Cleveland announced during a press conference late Friday afternoon that administrative charges are pending against three officers regarding the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014.
#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.
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…
Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Fatally Shot Headed to Chicago Museum
The gazebo in Cleveland under which 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer is expected to be dismantled at the beginning of this week and sent to a Chicago museum to be displayed, the Associated Press reports.
Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the Hypocritical Screams of White America After the Dallas Cop Shootings
There was a moment when white Americans felt the dread black Americans live with daily. It happened Dec. 14, 2012, when a shooter entered a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and fatally shot 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7.
2 Ohio Brothers With BB Guns Arrested in Park, Ordered to Write Tamir Rice Essays
The situation is eerily, scarily familiar.
You Have My Permission To Shin Kick Anyone Who Says "Cosby Is A Distraction From Tamir Rice"
Earlier today, news broke that Bill Cosby would face criminal charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand — one of the 50 or so women (this number will never not be outrageous, btw) who have accused him of sexual abuse.
Tamir Rice Was 12 Years Old
I was in the lobby of the Ace — a boutique hotel that opened its doors this month in East Liberty (the Pittsburgh neighborhood I grew up in) — meeting with activist and educator Liana Maneese. We were meeting to discuss her new project — Adopting Identity, which is described on its website as "a movement that exists…
12 Year Old Killed By Police; Darren Wilson Preps For TV Interview
It would be very difficult to find a juxtaposition that articulates how many Americans (Black and non-Black) feel about our country's concept of justice better than two stories I read this morning.
