
Friday, on ESPN2’s “First Take,” Stephen A. Smith responded to the mother of Tamir Rice calling out Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James for not speaking out about the death of her 12-year-old son. The so-called “No Justice, No LeBron” effort demanded James miss
by Trent Baker8 Jan 2016, 11:04 AM PST0

On Thursday’s “Around the Horn” on ESPN, Washington Post sports columnist and frequent show panelist Kevin Blackistone responded to the mother of Tamir Rice being upset that Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has yet to speak out on the death of the
by Trent Baker7 Jan 2016, 3:29 PM PST0

The mother of a Cleveland boy killed by a policeman who believed he carried a gun says LeBron James not speaking out about a grand jury failing to indict the two cops who encountered him in his last moments of life upsets her.
by Breitbart News7 Jan 2016, 6:04 AM PST0

On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry reacted to report that the two officers who were involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice would not be indicted. Harris-Perry stated that if she were to shoot a
by Trent Baker2 Jan 2016, 2:34 PM PST0

The Washington Post’s political vertical published an article Tuesday saying government officials who called for calm in the wake of the decision not to indict two police officers in the shooting of Tamir Rice were engaging in offensive stereotypes.
by John Sexton29 Dec 2015, 6:57 PM PST0

After a long and controversial investigation, grand jurors in Cuyahoga County chose not to indict the Cleveland police officers who were involved in last year’s fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old with a toy gun.
by Lee Stranahan28 Dec 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

On Saturday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, Freddie Gray’s attorney Billy Murphy Jr., while discussing the death of Tamir Rice, stated that a county like Cuyahoga County, OH that is “predominantly white” is unable to “properly” process shooting deaths of African-Americans by
by Trent Baker19 Dec 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

Cleveland Police Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback gave statements—released Tuesday—in which they claim 12-year-old Tamir Rice put them in a must-shoot situation by lifting his shirt and reaching into his waistband instead of showing his hands.
by AWR Hawkins1 Dec 2015, 6:25 PM PST0

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File,” while discussing new reports saying the officers acted reasonably in the death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy who was shot dead while holding a toy gun by a Cleveland police officer,
by Pam Key13 Oct 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

Activist and Black Lives Matter leader Deray McKesson spoke at the Taft School Tuesday and offered students a version of the Tamir Rice shooting in which police waited an hour to render first aid, possibly leading to his death. In fact, an FBI agent on scene rendered first aid to Rice in under four minutes.
by John Sexton7 Oct 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

A photo titled “His Life Matters” taken of a black and a white police officer at the Trinity Police Department in Texas has gone viral. The photo shows the officers with writing on their hands that says “His Life Matters” with an arrow pointing to his fellow officer.
by Lana Shadwick14 Aug 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

On August 3, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered an immediate end of “realistic toy gun sales” after finding that some retailers were allegedly selling toy guns lacking a state-required “bright, 1-inch-wide orange stripe ‘down both sides of the barrel and the front end of the barrel.'”
by AWR Hawkins3 Aug 2015, 6:31 PM PST0

On June 11, Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ronald B. Adrine released an opinion that says police officer Timothy Loehmann “should face murder and other charges in the [death] of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.”
by AWR Hawkins11 Jun 2015, 6:03 PM PST0

Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a patrolman who had been on trial in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects killed in a 137-shot barrage of police gunfire.
by Breitbart News24 May 2015, 2:29 PM PST0

In a piece published yesterday, Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that police are used as a backstop of force to deal with social problems they are ill-equipped to handle. But in making this case, Coates makes the perfect the enemy of the good, choosing systemic solutions he never even articulates over the practical one most people already agree on: body cameras.
by John Sexton16 Apr 2015, 10:51 PM PST0