

Health Jun 21

A new study published today shows how police killings affect the mental health of black Americans even if they aren’t in close relationships with the people killed.
By Joshua Barajas
Nation May 30

Politics May 30

The police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fired by the city of Cleveland on Tuesday, and the officer who drove the patrol car the day of the November 2014 shooting was suspended.
By Dake Kang, Associated Press
Nation Jan 14

One year after a grand jury declined to criminally charge Cleveland police officers for the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice who had a toy gun, the police chief announced Friday that they may face internal disciplinary charges.
By Kamala Kelkar
Apr 25

In our news wrap Monday, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay a $6 million settlement over the wrongful death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy who was shot by police in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun.
Apr 25

By Joshua Barajas
The city of Cleveland agreed to pay $6 million, in two yearly installments, to settle a federal lawsuit over the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a police officer.
3D laser scanners and virtual reality has been an emerging player in police investigations, such as with Tamir Rice and San Bernardino. But at trial, do these realistic depictions always show every point of view.
Dec 28

There will be no charges filed in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland. That decision follows yet another weekend of tension over police shootings in Chicago, where two black residents were killed Saturday by officers, amid a…
Dec 28

By Corinne Segal
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty said Monday that a grand jury would not file charges in the killing of Tamir Rice by a Cleveland police officer last year.
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