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Cleveland

Steve King Marks RNC Kickoff with White Supremacist Comments

'We Can Stand Together': Protesters Prep for Cleveland as RNC Nears

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

About 50,000 people are expected to take part in protests and rallies for the four days of the convention

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'Combustible' GOP Convention: Riot Police Swarm as FBI Tells Protesters Not to Show

Nika Knight, staff writer

Cleveland opens up extra space in jails, courts, and shuts down local...

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RNC Protest Rules to be Revised After Judge Says They're Unconstitutional

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

In response to ACLU lawsuit, judge says Cleveland's rules for protesters during...

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ACLU Sues Cleveland Over 'Draconian Reach' of RNC Protest Rules

Official RNC Protest Rules Designed to Stifle Demonstrators, Groups Say

"No Such Thing as Closure": Tamir Rice's Family Settles for $6M with Cleveland

'Adds Insult to Homicide': Cleveland Wants $500 for Ambulance That Carried Tamir Rice Away

Nation Mourns Tamir Rice: A 'Catastrophic and Pernicious Miscarriage of Justice'

'Saddened But Not Surprised': No Indictment for Cops Who Killed Tamir Rice

Cleveland Judge Recommends Charges for Police Who Killed Tamir Rice

In Rare Move, Community Seeks Murder Charges for Cops Who Killed Tamir Rice

Amidst New Protests, DOJ Seeks to Rein in Deadly Cleveland Police

'This is Straight Murder': Protests Sweep City Following Cleveland Acquittal

Protests Erupt in Cleveland Over Not Guilty Verdict for Police Officer

No Burial, No Justice, Five Months After 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Killed by Police

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ACLU

ACLU Calls Revised RNC Rules a Victory for Free Speech

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Law4BlackLives Statement in Support of #JusticeforTamir

Color of Change

Hundreds to Deliver More Than 200,000 Signatures to Prosecutor Tim McGinty Calling for Special Prosecutor for Tamir Rice Police Killing

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR-Cleveland Joins Other Civil Rights Groups in Release of Open Letter on Community Police Commission

Black Youth Project 100

'We Are In a State of Emergency': Black Youth Project 100 Condemn Police Violence Against Movement for Black Lives Attendees...

Movement For Black Lives

Hundreds of Black Freedom Fighters Unite for the First Ever Movement for Black Lives Convening

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Michael Nigro

Coming Soon: The Next Tamir Rice

Steven Singer

The Best Way To Honor Tamir Rice is by Reforming Our Broken Justice System

Terrance Heath

One Year Later: Still No Justice For Tamir Rice

Marian Wright Edelman

10 Rules to Help Black Boys and Girls Survive

Barbara Morrill

Associated Press Publishes Hit Job on Tamir Rice

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