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Liberal Blogger Claims Authorship of RNC Open Carry Petition

Brendan O'Connor · 03/29/16 07:20PM

A recent online petition to allow open carry of firearms at the Republican National Convention in July, which had acquired 51,376 signatures as of Tuesday evening, was apparently authored by a man who is not actually a Second Amendment activist, but a Hillary Clinton supporter.

Cleveland Files Claim Against Tamir Rice's Family For Unpaid EMS Bill

Jordan Sargent · 02/10/16 06:55PM

The City of Cleveland has devastated the family of Tamir Rice several times over, and seems to have no intention of stopping. This afternoon in probate court, Cleveland Scene reports, the city filed a creditor’s claim for $500, saying that Rice’s family still owes them for the ambulance and paramedics that tended to the 12-year-old’s body after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.

Grand Jury Will Not Indict Cleveland Cops For Killing 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice

Jordan Sargent · 12/28/15 02:43PM

In a decision that was grimly inevitable, a grand jury has declined to indict the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice at a park in November of last year, and his partner, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced in a press conference this afternoon.

Taylor Berman · 05/26/15 01:30PM

As expected, the Cleveland police department has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over the department’s history of brutal and unconstitutional policing. Among other things, the deal will explicitly prohibit officers from pistol whipping suspects, using force to retaliate for talking back, and firing warning shots.