The mother of 12-year-old Tamir (tah-MEER’) Rice says she’s trying to find a path forward. She spoke with The Associated Press last week, almost two years after a white Cleveland police officer killed the black boy with a pellet gun at a city recreation center. Samaria Rice says she is working to create a foundation […]
Kent State University has begun its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970. The program of events starts today (April 26) and runs through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, allows the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also reflect on […]
Samaria Rice expected more protesters following the grand jury’s decision not to indict two Cleveland police officers in the shooting death of her 12-year-old son, Tamir. “I wish there could have been more people,” said Samaria. “These people need to wake-up if they want some change.” Protesters turned out consistently in the days following the decision, but not […]
"I think it's quite sad that LeBron hasn't spoken out about my son," Rice said.
In a Saturday appearance on MSNBC, Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, told Melissa Harris-Perry the non-indictment of the Ohio officer who fatally shot her son made her "mad as hell."
The mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer, responded to comments made by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty in an exclusive interview with WKYC Channel 3’s Hilary Golston. Prosecutor Tim McGinty called Samaria Rice’s motives “economic” in nature, while responding to a question Golston asked Thursday night […]
Samaria Rice spoke with newsnet5.com about the death of her son 12-year-old Tamir Rice at the hand of Cleveland Police. Her 17-year-old son, Tavon rice spoke about the death for the first time. The grand jury is hearing evidence about the police shooting of Tamir. “They had no business pulling up in the grass in the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Nearly one year after the death of Tamir Rice, his mother Samaria and her lawyers are calling for a special prosecutor to be…
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It’s been ten months since the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. In her first local in-depth interview, Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice…
The mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice has informed a federal judge that she intends to fire the attorney representing the family in a wrongful death lawsuit. Samaria Rice filed a declaration in federal court Monday claiming that her current lawyers, Walter T. Madison and Parks & Crump failed to “explain everything to me and to […]
It’s been five months since Tamir Rice – the 12-year-old gunned down by an Ohio police officer for playing with a toy gun – died, but the…
The parents of Tamir Rice held a news conference Tuesday to address the fact that the investigation into their son’s shooting death by Cleveland police had been transferred to the Cuyhoga County Sheriff’s Office. “It doesn’t matter if the sheriff or the prosecutor is over this, what me and his dad and our […]
