911 dispatcher Constance Hollinger was suspended for eight days, while William Cunningham, an off-duty officer, was handed a two-day suspension.
Two officers who were involved in the death of Tamir Rice are facing disciplinary charges.
Plus, Meek Mill’s cousin shot and killed in Philadelphia and a NYC LGBT activist gets 9 years for assault on gay couple at Dallas BBQ.
Tyre King was killed after he reportedly pulled a BB gun from his waistband.
"As a descendant of people who were denied the right to read, to now have the opportunity to serve and lead the institution that is the national symbol of knowledge, is a historic moment," Carla Hayden said at her swearing-in ceremony.
According to police, one of the officers fired several rounds into an alley, striking Tyree King. King was transported to Nationwide Children's Hospital and listed in critical condition, but did not survive.
The Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland and the recreation center where Tamir was killed stand just four miles apart, but the space between the priorities of the RNC and the people the sticker represents couldn't be further apart.
Alton Sterling’s death at the hands of Baton Rouge police officers and the recent shooting of Philando Castile, who was shot by Minnesota police during a routine traffic stop, are just two of many that fall into the same category ― Black people being assaulted and killed by police while performing normal, day-to-day tasks.
William Pretzer, the museum's senior History Curator, asked the city to delay demolition of the structure in an email Monday.
The video above shows Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announcing the $6 million settlement for the November 2014 shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice at the hands of Cleveland police. The Rice family sued the city of Cleveland, the officers, and the dispatchers for wrongful death after a grand jury declined to indict Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson […]
However, the city won't have to admit to any wrongdoing in the police shooting death of the 12-year-old.
Cleveland settles wrongful death lawsuit with Tamir Rice's family for $6 million. But the city does not admit to wrongdoing.
