Following reports of an active shooter, officials at the Atlanta Public Schools revealed that they are currently placing several schools on lockdown. Students, faculty,...
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*The police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice have been identified. The Associated Press reports that Cleveland police revealed that 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann, who was appointed to the force this year, was the officer who fired on Rice. The other officer named was 46-year-old Frank Garmback, who has been with the […]
*A mural of Michael Brown in Trenton, New Jersey has been painted over. The Times of Trenton’s Jenna Pizzi reports the mural, which features Brown in an American-themed graduation cap and gown with the description: “Sagging pants is not probable cause,” was painted over Monday afternoon. The Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) decided to remove the […]
*Things just got more complicated regarding the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The Washington Post cites sources that told the newspaper that testimony from seven or eight black witnesses before a grand jury was “consistent” with Wilson’s account of events that led to the shooting. The testimony […]
