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ICYMI: Oprah Wants Us All to Remember Recy Taylor
Recy Taylor should never be forgotten; Oprah says so. Unless you have been hiding under a rock or a pile of work for the last two days, you may have already heard Oprah deliver what some are saying may have been a speech hinting at her candidacy for presidency in 2020. There are mixed opinions on…
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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. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Steve Loomis was replaced as head of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association by Jeff…
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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. The New York Times reports that Officer Frank Garmback—who was driving the patrol car that pulled up near Tamir seconds before Loehmann fired the fatal shots—will…
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Watch: I Made It to 21. Mike Brown Didn’t
Mike Brown was 18. Jordan Edwards was 15. Tamir Rice was 12. Aiyana Stanley-Jones was 7. Too many black children have not lived to celebrate the tender age of 21. Instead, their families are forced to live with memories of what was and dreams of what could have been. How many more black children have…
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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. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said “the grand jury found the shooting to be justified,” 10tv.com reports. Mason, a nine-year veteran on the force, was…
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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. Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback were the two policemen on the scene at Cudell Recreation Center on Nov. 22, 2014, when Tamir was killed. In…
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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. In a disciplinary letter dated March 10, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams found that Constance Hollinger violated protocol on the day of…
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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. As Cleveland.com reports, the press conference comes after a yearlong investigation into the actions of Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the two Cleveland police officers…
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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…