Cleveland Grand Jury Declines to Indict Police in Killing of 12-Year-Old

A grand jury in the northern U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, has voted not to indict two police officers in the November 2014 shooting death of a 12-year-old African-American boy carrying what turned out to be a fake gun. Cleveland prosecutor Tim McGinty announced the decision Monday afternoon, capping a year of controversy and protests by activists and others who were shocked by surveillance footage of the killing. He said the jury found "no evidence of criminal conduct by...

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