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May 3 1838 - First church building opens in Toledo at corner of Superior and Cherry Street. 1842 - City of Toledo builds a new fire station on Summit Street between Adams and Cherry Streets. 1889 - The Pemberville Leader begins publication. 1903 - Tragedy strikes a large group of Polish travelers from Toledo when many of the group are run over by a locomotive in Detroit. Hundreds had been waiting on the tracks for a return train to Toledo when they were hit. Nine people are killed and scores injured. 1954 - Grant Murray Field at Waite High School is dedicated. 1966 - WDHO TV, Channel 24, owned by Daniel H. Overmyer, begins broadcasting in Toledo. It is the city s third commercial TV station and later changes its call sign to WNWO-TV. ....
WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL and PAUL WAGMAN Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting ST. LOUIS Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn t go well. His supervisors allowed him to quit after he suffered a dangerous lack of composure during firearms training. The department concluded he would not be able to cope or make good decisions under stress. The deputy chief wrote Loehmann could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal. Cleveland Police did not check on Loehmann s history in Independence before hiring him. Also, Ohio law required a felony before an officer would lose his badge. So it was Loehmann who responded in the fall of 2014 to the Cleveland park where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was playing with what turned out to be a toy gun. Loehmann shot him dead. ....
Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL and PAUL WAGMAN/Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting April 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, police hold their clubs as they form a line in front of supporters of President Donald Trump on Election Day in Beverly Hills, Calif. Red states such as Florida and Georgia lead the way in decertifying officers with past problems, while there is no decertification in two of the bluest and biggest in the country – California and New Jersey.Ringo H.W. Chiu/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8FILE - This Wednesday, April 21, 2021 booking photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Corrections shows Derek Chauvin, who was convicted the previous day of murder and manslaughter in the 2020 death of George Floyd. Chauvin’s prosecution illustrates that officers who come to public attention in abuse cases ofte ....
WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL and PAUL WAGMAN Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting ST. LOUIS Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn t go well. His supervisors allowed him to quit after he suffered a dangerous lack of composure during firearms training. The department concluded he would not be able to cope or make good decisions under stress. The deputy chief wrote Loehmann could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal. Cleveland Police did not check on Loehmann s history in Independence before hiring him. Also, Ohio law required a felony before an officer would lose his badge. So it was Loehmann who responded in the fall of 2014 to the Cleveland park where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was playing with what turned out to be a toy gun. Loehmann shot him dead. ....