Tamir Rice

NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the trending stories you’re talking about: Still At It: Ben Carson Steps Up Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Amid Backlash American-Islamic Relations Group Calls For Ben Carson To Drop Presidential Bid Over Anti-Muslim Comments 911 Dispatcher In Tamir Rice Shooting Resigns After Three-Month Absence From Poverty To Making History: The Inspirational […]

Cleveland Police Dispatcher Beth Mandl, who failed to inform police officers the gun Tamir Rice had was a toy, has resigned.

Thursday morning on TV One, Roland Martin offered his own version of O'Reilly's Talking Points Memo detailing why "Bill's Lies Matter."

Indianapolis police fatally shot a 15-year-old boy who they accuse of accelerating a car towards them.

Thursday evening’s GOP Debate devoted less than a minute to police brutality and the “Black Lives Matter” movement. According to the International Business Times, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was given the question at the first Republican debate of the primary season. The debate was hosted in Cleveland, a city that has seen its’ fair share of police injustice […]

In today’s NewsOne Top 5, we take a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Today’s list includes: “I Identify As Black:” Rachel Dolezal Breaks Her Silence On NBC’s “Today Show” Ivy Taylor Elected As First Black Mayor Of San Antonio Michael Jordan Says He Can Take Current NBA […]

A 224-page report released Saturday by prosecutors sheds light on a number of damning details surrounding the investigation into the shooting of a 12-year-old Ohio boy by a police officer last year, including a tidbit that the officers involved refused to cooperate with investigators. As previously reported, that investigation into Tamir Rice’s death at the hands of […]

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 to shoot him down, reports Raw Story. RELATED: Tamir Rice Cremated 6 Months After He Was Gunned Down By Cop On A Playground A report released on Saturday claims that Loehman was “distraught” […]

A judge has supported murder charges against the police officers set to stand trial for the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, NBC News reports. Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine stated probable cause was found to charge Cleveland police Officer Timothy Loehmann with murder for shooting the child as he played with a pellet gun in November. […]

Community leaders, activists, and members of clergy in Cleveland, Ohio, hope to sidestep prosecutors and ask a judge directly to bring murder charges against two officers involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, CNN reports. The leaders plan to hold a news conference Tuesday in front of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to […]

Nearly six months after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed on a playground by a Cleveland police officer, investigators have presented the findings of their probe into the shooting to prosecutors, who expect to convene a grand jury soon, ABC News said Wednesday. A source tells ABC News that the grand jury will decide […]

In a scathing rebuke of Cleveland’s police practices, the city and U.S. Department of Justice have entered into a court enforceable agreement to halt excessive use of force by officers. The DOJ on Tuesday released findings of a 21-month investigation that began in 2013, according to the complaint, saying officers frequently used unreasonable force against […]