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Tom Uhlman / AP Some people think the tensions between Cincinnati s Black community and the city s 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 been stewing for years and led to six days and nights of civil unrest that gripped the city in fear. ....
Mercy Health pledges to push for racial equity in health care The pandemic has exposed and deepened existing racial disparities in the American medical system, where Black patients already suffered worse outcomes for a variety of health issues and were more likely than white patients to lack consistent access to care. and last updated 2021-02-22 18:57:05-05 Mercy Health is joining 22 other Catholic health care systems to invest in anti-racist health care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a pledge signed by all 23 organizations. The pandemic has exposed and deepened existing racial disparities in the American medical system, where Black patients already suffered worse outcomes for a variety of health issues and were more likely than white patients to lack consistent access to care. ....