"Nine Cleveland police officers involved in a high-speed car chase that left two unarmed black people dead have sued the city’s police department for racial discrimination.
The November 2012 chase, which left two people dead after police fired 137 shots, prompted considerable scrutiny of the Cleveland police department’s use of force. Both those killed were unarmed. Criticism was renewed last week after officers shot dead a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, who was carrying a replica gun.
Eight white and one Hispanic officer are plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit. They claim the police department has repeatedly punished non-black officers more harshly than black officers in incidents involving shootings of black people."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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