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CAUGHT RED-HANDED

Cop Who Shot Tamir Rice Quits Hours After Joining New Force

Timothy Loehmann resigned from the tiny department in Tioga, a township with a population of 702, hours after news of his hiring broke.

Allison Quinn

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‘TRAGIC LOSS’

Feds Won’t Reopen Civil Rights Probe Into Tamir Rice’s Death

Last year, Rice’s family began petitioning officials to reconsider the 2020 decision to not press charges against the cop who killed the 12-year-old.

Anna Venarchik

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‘SCARE TACTICS’

‘We’re F*cked’: Cops Freak Over Plan to Punish Bad Apples

In a city with a long history of horrific police violence, a new system to put citizens in charge is on the ballot—and drawing a furious backlash.

Andrew Boryga

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IN THE OPEN

Tamir Rice’s Mom Calls Shaun King a ‘White Man Acting Black’

The mother of the 12-year-old shot dead in Cleveland, Ohio, appears to have run out of patience with the controversial activist.

Andrew Boryga

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‘CLOUT CHASER’

Was Tamika Mallory’s Grammy Spot ‘Benefiting Off the Blood’?

This wasn’t the first time the activist has appeared to center herself in a way that hasn’t advanced the social-justice cause that she’s attached herself to.

Ernest Owens

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DEPT OF INJUSTICE

DOJ Won’t Bring Charges Against Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice

The department declined to bring charges after experts couldn’t clearly determine what Rice was doing in the video of the shooting.

Ana Lucia Murillo

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GOOD RIDDANCE

Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Loses Bid for Reinstatement

Fired for lying on application to Cleveland PD, not for fatal shooting of 12-year-old boy.

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NOT TODAY

Cop Who Shot Tamir Rice Withdraws For Bellaire Job

Bellaire police chief told a newspaper that he had no reservations hiring Timothy Loehmann.

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FIRING LINE

Tamir Rice’s Killer Hired By ‘Bully’ Cop

Richard ‘Dick’ Flanagan has been caught on video cursing out a civilian and accused of kicking in doors to enforce property codes.

Pilar Melendez

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GUTTING

Tamir Rice’s Mom Demands Killer Cop's Job Offer Be Yanked

Mother of the 12-year-old shot by a Cleveland officer can’t believe he will be back on the streets. ‘That police chief is putting his own people in danger.’

Tracy Connor

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SPEAKING OUT

Mom: Man Who Killed Tamir Rice Shouldn't Be on Police Force

In reaction to a report that said Timothy Loehmann was now employed at a rural Ohio police force.

Victoria Bekiempis

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