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      Newly Released Tamir Rice Shooting Footage Shows Cleveland Officers Tackling Sister

      Extended security video shows aftermath of shooting as police refuse to aid Rice, handcuff teen sister

      Nadia Prupis
      Jan 09, 2015


      EXTENDED VIDEO Tamir Rice shooting incidentFull video of Tamir Rice shooting incident. CLEVELAND - Cleveland Police have released the full video of the November 22 ...

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      Andrew Hawkins

      NFL Star Refuses to Apologize After Plea for Justice for Police Victims

      Cleveland Browns player said the 'number one reason for wearing the T-shirt' was the thought of what happened to Tamir Rice and John Crawford happening to his own son

      Lauren Mccauley
      Dec 16, 2014

      Cleveland Browns receiver Andrew Hawkins says he should not have to apologize for wearing a T-shirt that called for "Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford," two Ohio victims of recent police killings.

      Hawkins' shirt, which he sported while walking onto the field before Sunday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, spurred ire from the head of the Cleveland Police Union, who called the statement "pathetic" and demanded an apology from the Browns organization.

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      Students at the Howard University College of Medicine participated in the #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives protests

      #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives: Medical Students Stage Nationwide Die-Ins

      Coordinated protests at more than 70 medical schools are only latest sign of staying-power of growing movement for racial justice

      Jon Queally
      Dec 11, 2014

      Medical students at universities across the United States held dramatic die-in protests on Wednesday to show their solidarity with a growing protest movement against police brutality and other forms of systematic inequality taking place in low-income areas and communities of color nationwide.

      Dubbed #whitecoatsforblacklives, the coordinated demonstrations allowed students to add their unique perspective to the broader movement for racial and social justice that has accelerated in recent weeks following the lack of accountability in the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Eric Garner in New York City; and Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio.

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