“If the stereotype is always rooted in fear, then you’ll always have legal recourse to claim that you feared for your life”, he added, referring to police statements in the Rice case. To grow up black and male in such a place is to live a highly circumscribed life, hemmed in by forces that deny your humanity and conspire to kill you. The officer shot Rice immediately, even though the 911 caller said the gun was “probably fake”.
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Bill Cosby’s lawyer has ‘faith in justice system’
Comedian Bill Cosby did not have to enter a plea for the sexual assault charge, and his bail was set at $ 1 million . After the charges came down, Cosby’s attorney accused Steele of “playing political football” with Cosby’s life.
Despite the grand jury decision not to charge a white patrolman in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, the case is far from over for the city of the Cleveland, the officers involved in the shooting or the black boy’s grief-stricken family.
Bill Cosby’s lawyer accuses prosecutor of playing politics
Constand reported the incident to police at the time, who investigated and closed the case when officials declined to prosecute. Inside, he seemed to have trouble seeing the paperwork and finding the place to sign, and his lawyers helped him hold the pen.
Bush has previously been critical of President Obama’s administration and the USA attorney general for getting involved in local matters and “politicizing” cases involving police shootings. “The Tamir Rice case shows how prosecutors twist grand juries to protect police”.
Bryant ‘s double-double carries Lakers past Celtics
Bryant felt miserable as the Lakers lose to the Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals, punctuated by a 39-point loss in Game 6. Bryant finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, but second-year man Jordan Clarkson led the way for LA with 24 points.
The Ohio grand jury had heard weeks of testimony on the Rice shooting which occurred within seconds after police reached a park next to a Cleveland recreation center in response to reports of a suspect with a gun.
Prosecutors decided they couldn’t get a conviction after seeing enhanced surveillance footage of the shooting, he said.
Mr Loehmann’s lawyer, Henry Hilow, said the officer carries a heavy burden. Certainly not by declining to prosecute police officers for reckless, negligent or brutal behavior, yet prosecutions of police officers are rare and when they do occur the sentences meted out are light.
Police have started an administrative review to determine whether the officers or others should be disciplined over the shooting.
Forty percent of people killed by police in the country’s 60 biggest police departments were black, while the African-American population in those jurisdictions was 20 percent, according to activists that run the Mapping Police Violence project.
They forget that Loehman had several more seconds to observe Rice’s actions as the squad auto approached Rice; police cars do have windows, after all, and his view of Rice’s actions did not begin the moment the squad vehicle door opened.
Sims wasn’t testifying as a paid representative of the Denver District Attorney’s office, and he would not comment to The Colorado Independent about the Grand Jury investigation.
“As a religious leader and also a political leader and also a mother, I am just astonished – astonished that the judicial system does not have a problem with murdering black people”, one woman said. Although the grand jury decision may be the right one, we will never know because the prosecutor refused to step down and allow an independent review.
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Protesters are expected to gather outside Cleveland’s downtown justice center Tuesday afternoon.
