The city of Cleveland will pay Tamir Rice’s family $6 million in a wrongful death suit following the boy’s shooting death in 2014. The settlement, which was announced Monday morning, will be paid out in two separate sums of $3 million — one in 2016 and one in 2017. The…
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Cleveland Charges Tamir Rice's Family for Rice's Ambulance Ride
The city of Cleveland has apologized to the family of Tamir Rice after sending the 12-year-old boy’s estate a $500 claim for “emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense.” The $500 for Rice’s ambulance bill, which has since been withdrawn, included $450 for life support he received…
No Indictment in Tamir Rice's Murder
Protests took place in Cleveland over the weekend following the announcement from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty that the grand jury would not indict the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Nov. 2014. McGinty said in a statement last Monday, “The state must be…
Tamir Rice's Age, Size Repeatedly Made an Issue in Shooting Investigation
By Michael Nam Prior to the release of the official investigation into the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, newsnet5 out of Cleveland reported sources that stated the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office found no evidence of a crime, but sections of the…
Cleveland Goes Straight to Judge Seeking Justice for Tamir Rice
After months of waiting for justice in the tragic murder of Tamir Rice, community leaders of Cleveland are taking matters into their own hands and going directly to a judge to press charges against officers Frank Garmback and Timothy Loehmann. Just last week, the sheriff’s office announced that it found…