The 911 dispatcher who instructed police to respond to a Cleveland recreational center, resulting in the November 2014 shooting death of a 12-year-old Black boy, was suspended for eight days, CBS News reports.
A White officer shot and killed Tamir Rice, who was found holding a toy gun.
CBS writes:
“Police Chief Calvin Williams found in a disciplinary letter dated March 10 that Constance Hollinger violated protocol the day of the shooting of Tamir Rice, who had been playing with a pellet gun.
Cleveland safety director Michael McGrath also handed down a two-day suspension for police officer William Cunningham, who was working off duty without permission at the Cleveland rec center where Rice was shot.”
According to surveillance footage, Tamir was shot within seconds after officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback arrived at the scene. Cleveland’s internal disciplinary team accused Hollinger of excluding key details when she spoke with dispatch, failing to inform them that the man who initially reported the call warned Tamir could be a “juvenile” and that the gun might be “fake.”
The omission was used by former Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty to show that the shooting could have been avoided if information was conveyed to the officers properly.
Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice, called the length of suspensions “unacceptable” in a released statement.
“Eight days for gross negligence resulting in the death of a 12-year-old boy,” Rice’s attorney, Subodh Chandra, also said in the statement. “How pathetic is that?”
Chandra continued saying, if that’s the best solution the system can offer, “then the system is broken.” Rice has repeatedly called for Loehmann and Garmback’s termination, as they have yet to face disciplinary action.
Last April, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay $6 million in a federal civil rights lawsuit settlement.
SOURCE: CBS News
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64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
1. De'Von Bailey, 19
1 of 642. Eric Logan, 54
2 of 643. Jamarion Robinson, 26
3 of 644. Gregory Hill Jr., 30
4 of 645. JaQuavion Slaton, 20
5 of 646. Ryan Twyman, 24
6 of 647. Brandon Webber, 20
7 of 648. Jimmy Atchison, 21
8 of 649. Willie McCoy, 20
9 of 6410. Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21
10 of 6411. D’ettrick Griffin, 18
11 of 6412. Jemel Roberson, 26
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17. Ramarley Graham, 18
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18. Manuel Loggins Jr., 31
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19. Trayvon Martin, 17
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20. Wendell Allen, 20
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21. Kendrec McDade, 19
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22. Larry Jackson Jr., 32
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23. Jonathan Ferrell, 24
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24. Jordan Baker, 26
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27. Eric Garner, 43
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39. Tony Robinson, 19
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50. Alton Sterling, 37
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52. Terrence Sterling, 31
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61 of 6462. Maurice Granton, 24
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64 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
UPDATED: 9:54 a.m. EDT, August 14, 2019 -- Police shooting and killing Black males is all but a centuries-old American tradition among law enforcement in the U.S. But the fact that this apparent rite of police passage was still thriving in 2019 and expected to continue well into 2020 and beyond should give any American citizen pause as more and more names of Black males continue to be added to a growing list of victims with what seems like a new shooting every week. READ MORE: Police Shootings And The Public Execution Of Black People Other victims' names include, but certainly, aren't limited to: Tamir Rice; Botham Shem Jean; E.J. Bradford; and Michael Brown. As NewsOne continues covering these shootings that so often go ignored by mainstream media, the below running list Black men and boys who have been shot and killed by police under suspicious circumstances can serve as a tragic reminder of the danger they face upon being born into a world of hate that branded them as suspects since birth.
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