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Graham v. Connor

The case of Tamir Rice: race, self-defense, and the objective reasonableness standard

by MJR&L on November 2, 2015November 2, 2015

By Emmanuela Jean-Etienne Associate Editor, Vol. 21 On a cold November afternoon in Cleveland, twelve-year-old Tamir Rice sat alone at a gazebo outside the Cudell Recreation Center, a place he frequented daily.[1] In his hand was an airsoft pistol and, according to the witness who would later call 9-1-1, he was pointing it at cars […]

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