CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office has been appointed as special prosecutor to investigate the death in police custody of Tanisha Anderson. The announcement was made Wednesday, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said he asked the Attorney General to take over the case after investigators from the Sheriff’s Department Tuesday informed […]

“I think it’s quite sad that LeBron hasn’t spoken out about my son,” Rice said in a NewsOne Now exclusive with Roland Martin.   In a TV One NewsOne Now exclusive interview, Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, discusses prosecutorTimothy McGinty’s actions, lack of community support, if LeBron James and other athletes should use their platforms to […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Crowds continue to gather for another round of demonstrations in Cleveland Friday, many upset with the announcement from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty that two police officers would not be charged in the death of Tamir Rice. Wearing signs stating ‘Fire McGinty’ activists, Rice relatives, community organizers and clergy are among those in attendance. The noon rally kicked […]

  CLEVELAND– Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said an administrative review is next in the Tamir Rice case.  The mayor and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams spoke out following the grand jury’s decision not to charge the officers in the Tamir Rice case. Chief Williams said both Officer Timothy Loehmann and Officer Frank Garmback will remain on […]

CLEVELAND – The family of Tamir Rice released the following statement about today’s announcement that a grand jury has declined to press charges against the officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by police. Today, more than a year after Cleveland police shot and killed 12-­year-­old Tamir Rice, a grand jury voted […]

CLEVELAND — The family of Tamir Rice is asking the Department of Justice to intervene in the investigation into the police-involved shooting death of the 12-year-old boy. According to attorneys for the Rice, they formally requested Tuesday that the federal government intervene to investigate both the boy’s death and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty’s handling of […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty has lost his endorsement from the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party ward leaders, according to Cleveland City Councilman Michael Polensek. On Saturday, members recommended endorsing Michael O’Malley instead. The ward leaders will make a non-binding recommendation that will be voted on by the executive committee on Dec. 17.   […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On the one year anniversary of Tamir Rice‘s death, family members, friends and supporters of Tamir went to the Justice Center Monday to deliver a petition to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty. They are upset about how the case is being handled and presented his office with 200,000 signatures, asking that he remove himself from the case. […]

CLEVELAND — The mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer, responded to comments made by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in an exclusive interview with WKYC Channel 3’s Hilary Golston. Prosecutor Tim McGinty called Samaria Rice’s motives “economic” in nature, while responding to a question Golston asked […]

CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty questioned the motives of the family — and their attorneys — who lost a 12-year-old boy to a police shooting in Cleveland, characterizing their intentions as “economic” in nature. McGinty received an onslaught of questions Thursday night from the community after giving a speech at a Fairview Park […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Nearly one year after the death of Tamir Rice, his mother Samaria and her lawyers are calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to the case. Tamir was holding an airsoft pellet gun when he was fatally shot by a Cleveland police officer on November 22, 2014 outside Cudell Rec Center. “It’s been almost a year now of […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Attorneys for the family of Tamir Rice sent a letter to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty Thursday, asking for aggravated murder charges to be filed against Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LETTER On November 22, 2014, Tamir was shot by Officer Loehmann after police received a […]