News and information about 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot by Cleveland police in 2014
July 2022
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
April 2021
Tamir Rice’s family asks justice department to reopen case into his death
Federal prosecutors said in late 2020 they would not bring charges against the two police officers involved
December 2020
Tamir Rice shooting: justice department investigation ends without charges
Twelve-year-old boy was killed when a white police officer shot him in a playground in 2014
June 2020
Families of Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant on protests: 'White supremacy is on its way out'
Relatives of Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling and other black Americans killed by police describe a brutal road ahead – but some voice hope
May 2020
Why the officers fired for the George Floyd killing could ultimately get their jobs back
Officers in the US are frequently rehired after termination for misconduct – and it increases the likelihood of abuse and killings by police, experts say
February 2020
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Queen & Slim review – love on the run across the US racial divide
A young couple on an awkward first date become counterculture fugitives in this powerful directorial debut
November 2019
'My duty as a black man': the artist preserving gazebo where police killed Tamir Rice
Theaster Gates collects neglected black cultural objects in the hopes of preserving and displaying complicated history of race in America
August 2019
'Our dad is dead': the families left behind after police shootings
This week, a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner was fired. For most families of African American men killed by police, even partial closure proves terribly elusive
November 2017
The article that changed my view
The article that changed my view … of racial inequality in America
Guardian supporter Lindsay Vix explains how an article by Steven Thrasher on the death of Tamir Rice sparked an awakening about her own social privilege
May 2017
Cleveland police officer who shot Tamir Rice fired, but not for shooting
Timothy Loehmann fired for inaccurate details on job application as second officer suspended for violating tactical rule while driving to scene
January 2017
The long read
Black Lives Matter: birth of a movement
The long read: The killing of Michael Brown created a new generation of black activists, with thousands taking to the streets, and a hashtag used more than 27m times. But will the movement survive the Trump era?
July 2016
Will black people ever feel safe around police? I doubt it
Jamilah Lemieux
Tamir Rice's mother on Donald Trump: 'I wish he wasn't coming here'
Tamir Rice's mother leaves Cleveland ahead of Republican convention – video
The Cleveland artists waiting for Donald Trump
May 2016
#SayHerName: why Kimberlé Crenshaw is fighting for forgotten women
More than 70 black women have died at the hands of the police in the past three years. Professor and activist Crenshaw, who coined the term ‘intersectionality’ in the 1980s, is determined they will not be forgotten
April 2016
Cleveland agrees to pay Tamir Rice family $6m over police shooting
City settled case with family, averting federal civil rights lawsuit following 12-year-old’s death in November 2014 shooting
March 2016
Black Lives Matter movement sees series of victories in midwest elections
The protest movement that formed in response to deadly shootings of African Americans saw oustings of prosecutors in Chicago and Cleveland on Wednesday
February 2016
Steven W Thrasher column
Suing families of slain black youths is racial capitalism at its most grotesque
Steven W Thrasher
Tamir Rice: Cleveland says family owes $500 for EMS after fatal police shooting
