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The Latest Breaking News from Tamir Rice

Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired again as he struggles to keep a job

Tamir’s killing sparked an outcry about police treatment of Black people and systemic racism, especially after a grand jury decided not to indict the officer or his partner

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West Virginia Police Chief Steps Down After Controversial Hiring

Controversy surrounds resignation of police chief who hired officer involved in Tamir Rice shooting.

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West Virginia police chief responsible for hiring of officer who killed Tamir Rice steps down

A West Virginia police chief responsible for the hiring of a former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has stepped down

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Officer who killed Tamir Rice leaves new job in West Virginia

A former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has resigned from a police force in West Virginia

The Independent UK

Officer who shot Tamir Rice dead in Cleveland resigns from new police job in West Virginia

Officer has already resigned other police posts in Ohio and Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Many 911 call centers are understaffed, and the job has gotten harder

More cities are adopting alternative response models, where mental health clinicians respond instead of police. The question of who to send usually rests with 911 workers, who are often overworked and overstressed.

WEKU

New US background database unlikely to stop police misconduct, critics warn

Experts say new DoJ program intended to track backgrounds of federal police unlikely to solve problem of ‘wandering officers’

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Police release video of officer shooting boy, 11, who had called 911 for help

Officials in Mississippi made the footage available after calls from 11-year-old Aderrien Murry's mother and the family's attorney to make it public.

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Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania town ‘broke the law’ by hiring police officer who killed Tamir Rice

The Pennsylvania attorney general says that the town of Tioga hired Timothy Loehmann without performing a required background check

The Independent UK

Officer who killed Tamir Rice quits after outcry over his hiring by small town

Timothy Loehmann, who shot 12-year-old in 2014, had been recruited as small Pennsylvania town’s sole police officer

The Guardian - US

Police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice is hired as cop in Pennsylvania

‘I was under the understanding, through our police committee and our Borough president, that they did an extensive background check on him,’ mayor says

The Independent UK

A look at high-profile killings by US police

A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground

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