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Tom Uhlman / AP Some people think the tensions between Cincinnatis Black community and the citys police force began on a night in April 2001, when a white police officer chased a 19-year-old Black man into a dark Over-the-Rhine alleyway and killed him with a single shot to the heart. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is the shooting of Timothy Thomas by then-officer Stephen Roach was the lighted match thrown into a highly combustible cauldron of distrust and anger that had ...

Tom Uhlman / AP It was 20 years ago that Cincinnati captured the attention of the nation and the world after the killing of a 19-year-old at the hands of police. Timothy Thomas was the 15th Black citizen killed by police since 1995 and tension boiled over into the streets. All this week, we revisit the 2001 Cincinnati civil unrest, ask questions of the people who were there and examine how the events of those days in April changed our city and brought about policing reforms that have serve...

No-knock warrant debate returns to Cincinnati City Hall Cincinnati City Council delays restricting no-knock warrants so police, city manager can weigh in By Jennifer Edwards Baker | February 2, 2021 at 5:31 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 8:16 AM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The debate over no-knock warrants returns to Cincinnati City Hall Tuesday. Last month, Council’s Law & Public Safety Committee delayed proceeding with a motion that, if passed, would severely limit police use of no-knock warr...

Cincinnati PDs new contract makes big changes to police discipline Officers cant overturn their peers punishments for misconduct anymore, and disciplinary action stays on their records longer. and last updated 2020-12-11 19:15:40-05 CINCINNATI — The City of Cincinnati’s new policing contract eliminates the ability for officers to overturn their peers’ punishments for misconduct and extends the amount of time disciplinary action stays on their records. Changes like these are essen...