An Ohio man was awarded $22 million after being beaten and locked in a storage closet by two East Cleveland police officers for four days. Arnold Black was arrested in 2012 for allegedly transporting cocaine in his pick-up truck while traveling through East Cleveland. One of the two arresting officers severely beat Black and took him […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — The head of a Cleveland police union said the family of a 12-year-old black boy shot dead by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun should use money from a $6 million settlement to educate children about the dangers of handling real and replica firearms, while an attorney representing […]
However, the city won't have to admit to any wrongdoing in the police shooting death of the 12-year-old.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The city has reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. An order filed in U.S. District Court in Cleveland on Monday says the city will […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland is asking Tamir Rice’s estate to pay $500 for ambulance and medical services he received after being shot by a police officer. The city requested the money as the 12-year-old boy’s “last dying expense” in a creditor’s claim filed Wednesday in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Probate Court. The claim […]
Bron Bron continues to diversify his bonds.
Samaria Rice referred to the justice system as "corrupt" after a grand jury failed to indict the officers who shot her 12-year-old son, Tamir.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot to death while carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said Monday. Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was “indisputable” that the boy […]
A new report is saying 12-year-old Tamir Rice had his hands in his pockets when he was shot and killed by Cleveland police last year. An expert was hired by Tamir’s family to examine the surveillance video frame-by-frame. CBS News reports, “Tamir Rice did not have enough time to remove his hands from his pockets before being […]
Roland Martin talks to Attorneys Walter Madison and Ben Crump about the lack of justice in Cleveland in light of nearing the one year anniversary of the death of Tamir Rice and the comments made from the DA alleging that the family is only after money. “It’s appalling when you think a prosecutor is supposed […]
Months after Tamir Rice was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer, the dispatcher in the case, who alerted authorities that a male outside a recreation center had a gun, has resigned. WKYC-TV reports that Cleveland Police Dispatcher Beth Mandl failed to tell police that the person who called 911 about Rice thought that the […]
Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November of last year said that the child left him “no choice” but…
