The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office today released the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice on November 22, 2014.
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Rodney King beating imagery. History on repeat. https://t.co/aARlOesvo5
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) June 9, 2015
He was laying perfectly still and they just kept beating him 😢 https://t.co/GtUG9ehLKL
— Alexandria (@AlexandriaRae_) June 9, 2015
No charges against #Denver cops who shot [and murdered] #JessieHernandez: http://t.co/hX4lRMmBKp #FTP #ACAB pic.twitter.com/5wiILXnCWF
— OLAASM (@OLAASM) June 7, 2015
MUST READ: Cleveland Leaders Bypass Prosecutors to Seek Charge in Tamir Rice Case http://t.co/eKDPS7AfsL pic.twitter.com/ZRshx7oo34
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 9, 2015
Judge finds probable cause to charge 2 Cleveland police officers in Tamir Rice’s death http://t.co/S6VdNpGxHW pic.twitter.com/PZtSLdBrPS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 12, 2015
Jury convicts female LA officer of assault in deadly arrest http://t.co/VDWWaZD9py via @YahooNews
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 7, 2015
New apology from #KarenFitzgibbons versus her racist FB post. Blames her emotions, as if they are an abstract thing. pic.twitter.com/p5gDBWt8TM
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 11, 2015
2. Grace is 14. She said it was this man, Sean Toon, multi-time felon, who told black guests to go back to Section 8 pic.twitter.com/Ugrk1F6XHt
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 11, 2015
#WalterScott‘s killer, officer Michael Slager, indicted for murder. SC Governor inks body-camera bill into law. #Win pic.twitter.com/qT7paIvqcq
— Urban Cusp Magazine (@UrbanCusp) June 11, 2015
#LAPD finds officers were justified in fatal shooting of unarmed mentally ill man, sources say http://t.co/YwI3mNAZKi #EzellFord #ACAB #FTP
— OLAASM (@OLAASM) June 7, 2015
Furious. #EzellFord was killed by the LAPD. His autopsy said you could see the imprint of the gun muzzle on his back pic.twitter.com/zta2vrdGFe
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 6, 2015
Los Angeles police deems itself justified in shooting black man in the back killing him: http://t.co/TXbSQZd5tD via @YahooNews
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 7, 2015
Of the resolved cases, most officers were cleared or acquitted, a Post analysis found.
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By Michael Nam
While the federal government and law enforcement agencies do not have or provide standardized figures on fatal shootings by police officers nationwide, the growing awareness of police-related violence has spurred more and more independent investigations.
The Guardian reports that in 2015 alone, 102 of the 464 individuals killed by police were unarmed, and that 32 percent were Black. Adding Latino and other people of color, almost two-thirds of unarmed individuals killed by police were from underrepresented people:
Percent of Unarmed People Killed by Police
Whites15%Hispanic/Latino25.4%Blacks31.9%
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A grand jury has indicted former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of unarmed Walter Scott.
The April 4, 2015 killing was captured on video by a bystander. It showed that Slager fired 8 times at the 50-year old Walter Scott as Scott’s back was turned, running away from Slager.
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How the mortgage industry “black tax” robbed black #Baltimore of its wealth. @nytopinion http://t.co/GJpRPaQ9We pic.twitter.com/FvFzzTzgLu
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) May 31, 2015
Chicago woman and her younger brother stabbed, beaten in racist hate crime http://t.co/li6tgRJ4EQ @adri16
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 4, 2015
Cops who shot & killed 17-year-old #JessieHernandez will be charged with NOTHING: http://t.co/OhJnYVRsOj pic.twitter.com/EfP8eXxfFU
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) June 5, 2015
UPDATE: Sheriff Dept. Concluded That Officer Didn’t Commit Crime When He Killed #TamirRice http://t.co/lJp6gdd89I pic.twitter.com/Vk7Rry89al
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) June 5, 2015
One of these countries is not like the others http://t.co/YdlP3W5Xv6 pic.twitter.com/LU1oSiNBgD
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) June 2, 2015
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A 22-year-old college student found dead in restraints at a Georgia county jail died from several blunt-force injuries to his head and upper body, the coroner who ruled the death a homicide said Thursday.
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Pressure builds on GOP for police criminal justice reforms ………………………………. http://t.co/A7R2vGEtoD
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 1, 2015
they said they "thought" he "might" do something distructive …. so they put 3 in his back … https://t.co/jWv6y4rCnz
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 3, 2015
This afternoon I will offer an amendment to the CJS appropriations bill to increase funding for police body cameras by $10M.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 2, 2015
Police: Amilcar Perez-Lopez was killed for lunging at cops. Autopsy: this is where he was shot http://t.co/H4FMr9hVIT pic.twitter.com/3Tb5mFeaXB
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) June 2, 2015
Body cam footage from the murder of Dillon Taylor was released in its entirety. It shows the disturbing moments before and after this innocent man was gunned down by police.
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Dillon Taylor looks like he could be my son.