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Pressure Mounts on Cuyahoga Sheriff for Independent Probe of Tasha Grant’s Restraint Death

Community advocates and surviving family members also want the sheriff to step aside in two other death investigations involving deputies.

Cleveland • 10.07.2025

Spit Hoods Can Be Deadly. Police Keep Using Them Anyway.

Police cite studies saying the mesh bags are safe. But experts say the studies are flawed — and deaths in custody raise troubling questions.

Feature • 02.15.2024

Police Killed My Dad When I Was 8. Next Came the Rage

After cops beat my father to death, I wreaked havoc on my community.Three decades later, I wonder what my story would have been if he had lived.

Life Inside • 09.23.2021

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