#Cleveland Police Dept. Guilty Of Unreasonable Force, Brutality And Incompetency Over The Killing Of 12yo Tamir Rice!

With United States virtually boiling over recent unlawful killing of two unarmed young black men; Eric Garner and Michael Brow, grand juries all over the States seems to have been put on alert for now on pending cases of police brutality. Lets hope the United State police departments will henceforth turn a new leaf.

In the latest development, less than two weeks after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by a Cleveland police officer who had already been deemed unfit for police work by a previous employer, the U.S. Justice Department released a devastating report yesterday that details the Cleveland Police Department’s “pattern or practice” of using unreasonable force in violation of the 4th amendment, including unnecessary shootings and head strikes with impact weapons, excessive use of lethal force and “the employment of poor and dangerous tactics,'' atlantablackstar.com, reports.

The report specifically noted how African-Americans view the department as targeting the African-American community for excessive force and brutality. The Justice Department found that not only do Cleveland police officers too often use unnecessary and unreasonable force in violation of the Constitution, but that “supervisors tolerate this behavior and, in some cases, endorse it.”

“Officers report that they receive little supervision, guidance, and support from the Division, essentially leaving them to determine for themselves how to perform their difficult and dangerous jobs,” the report said. “The result is policing that is sometimes chaotic and dangerous; interferes with CDP’s ability to effectively fight crime; compromises officer safety; and frequently deprives individuals of their constitutional rights.”


The Fourth amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures, arbitrary arrests and is the basis of the law regarding search warrants, stop-and-frisk, safety inspections, wiretaps, and other forms of surveillance.

The report revealed many specific cases where Cleveland officers used excessive force and poor judgment, such as an officer punching a handcuffed 13-year-old boy three to four times in the face; an officer shooting a man who had his hands in the air; officers tasing a man who was already on the ground in handcuffs; and a sergeant shooting at a kidnapping victim who was running toward the officers wearing just boxer shorts.

To curtail a police department that poses a significant risk to the citizens of Cleveland, the Justice Department and the city of Cleveland announced they would be developing a court-enforceable agreement that would impose an independent monitor on the Cleveland Police Department.

“Accountability and legitimacy are essential for communities to trust their police departments, and for there to be genuine collaboration between police and the citizens they serve,” Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference in Cleveland yesterday while releasing the report.

Get Full Gist @ http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/12/05/death-12-year-old-tamir-rice-justice-dept-finds-cleveland-police-dept-guilty-unreasonable-force-brutality-incompetency/