Tamir Rice

Before a new CPC is put in place with sweeping powers over police discipline, policy and training, Clevelanders talked to Ideastream about what they hope the new commission will accomplish.

Mayor Dan Horrigan signed an executive order lifting the curfew on Sunday; Family of Tamir Rice unveiled a memorial at the site of the 12-year-old's fatal police shooting; and more stories.

Tamir Rice was fatally shot by Cleveland police outside Cudell Recreation Center in 2014. The 12-year-old had been playing with an airsoft gun.

The Akron curfew was reinstated Thursday night in anticipation of ongoing protests over the weekend; Community activists are speaking out about Akron police responding with unwarranted aggression to peaceful protesters; and more stories.

President Joe Biden speaking in Cleveland, said the DOJ, the FBI and local federal prosecutors are looking into what happened; The former Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice has a new job in Pennsylvania; The Browns have traded QB Baker Mayfield to Carolina.

Preparations are underway for the major winter storm that’s rolling in Wednesday; the owner of Cedar Point and Kings Island says it’s mulling a takeover bid from SeaWorld Entertainment; Rock Hall releases list of 2022 nominees; and more stories.

Over the past few years, police departments across the country have grappled with what to do when a video in their possession captures the use of deadly force by a police officer. After 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by a Cleveland police officer in 2014, the city of Cleveland initially withheld footage from a public surveillance camera on the city-owned Cudell Recreation Center.

The Ohio Supreme Court says it will not hear an appeal over the firing of a white Cleveland police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice outside a city recreation center in 2014; tougher criminal penalties for hazing in Ohio will take effect this fall, nearly three years after the death of the college student for whom the law is named; despite the hype and hoopla around Governor Mike DeWine’s Vax-a-million lottery, a new study finds that the million-dollar giveaways did not increase vaccination rates; and more stories.

The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear the police union’s appeal of a lower court decision in favor of the city, which fired Loehmann for not disclosing all employment information on his resume.