Tamir Rice

• Officers in Tamir Rice case will not face federal charges: U.S. Justice Department

  Tamir was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014, when he was shot and killed.

  World

  Dec 29, 2020
  
• Toronto ‘dance rally’ held after police called on east-end Black boy

  A dance rally took over part of an east-end Toronto park on Saturday in support of an 11-year-old Black boy who recently had the police called on him while he played with a friend.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2020
  
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• Cleveland police fires officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice

  Timothy Loehmann shot Tamir Rice, who was playing in a playground with a toy gun that fired pellets.

  Canada

  May 30, 2017
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• Cleveland police union will sue toy gun producers to stop production of realistic designs: report

  Cleveland's police union will file a lawsuit against toy gun manufacturers, an attempt to restrict production of realistic designs.

  Crime

  May 2, 2017
• Cleveland settles lawsuit over Tamir Rice shooting for $6M

  The city has reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation centre.

  World

  Apr 25, 2016
• Tamir Rice: Cleveland withdraws $500 bill to family of 12-year-old killed by police

  The city of Cleveland has filed a claim against the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed by police, for hundreds of dollars over unpaid “emergency medical services” related to the boy’s death.

  World

  Feb 11, 2016
• Protesters call for Cleveland prosecutor to step down after Tamir Rice decision

  Protesters upset by a decision not to indict two police officers in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, marched to the home of the prosecutor.

  World

  Jan 1, 2016
• Calls for calm in Ohio after decision in Tamir Rice police shooting death

  Officials are urging calm as they brace for expected protests after a grand jury voted not to indict a white Cleveland police officer for fatally shooting a 12-year-old black boy who was carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun.

  World

  Dec 29, 2015
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• No crime committed in Tamir Rice killing: prosecutor

  A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot to death while carrying what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said Monday.

  World

  Dec 28, 2015
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• Documents detail police shooting of boy holding pellet gun

  A boy who loaned a pellet gun to Tamir Rice on the day the 12-year-old boy was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer told investigators that he warned him to be careful because the gun looked real.

  Jun 13, 2015