Something to Think About . . .

Related Off-site Links:
A Grand Jury Just Decided Not to Indict the Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice – Jaeah Lee (Mother Jones, December 28, 2015).
What Everyone Should Know About The Police Killing of Tamir Rice (2002-2014) – Judd Legum (Think Progress, December 28, 2015).
Tamir Rice Family "In Shock" After Grand Jury Clears Police for Fatally Shooting Boy Holding Toy Gun – Democracy Now! (December 29, 2015).
No One Was Indicted In The Tamir Rice Case. That Was The Plan All Along – Cristian Farias (HuffPost Politics, December 28, 2015).
Nation Mourns Tamir Rice Case as a "Catastrophic and Pernicious Miscarriage of Justice" – Deirdre Fulton (Common Dreams, December 29, 2015).
How A Prosecutor Managed to Blame a 12-Year-Old for Getting Killed By a Cop – Daniel Marans (HuffPost Black Voices, December 28, 2015).
Tamir Rice's Death Resulted From "Officer-Created Jeopardy." So Why Were No Officers Indicted? – Leon Neyfakh (Slate, December 29, 2015).
Tamir Rice and the Value of Life – Charles M. Blow (The New York Times, January 11, 2015).
This Case Proves If Tamir Rice Were White He’d Still Be Alive – Dylan Hock (U.S. Uncut, December 28, 2015).
Tamir Rice Found Guilty of Being Young, Free and Black – Kirsten West Savali (The Root, December 28, 2015).
The Stages of What Happens When There’s Injustice Against Black People – Awesomely Luvvie (December 4, 2014).
The Tamir Rice Case Shows How Prosecutors Twist Grand Juries to Protect Police – Ari Melber (The Washington Post, December 29, 2015).
England Abolished Grand Juries Decades Ago Because They Didn't Work – Bradley Campbell (PRI, December 4, 2014).
Harvard Medical Scientists Say Police Killings Should Be Recorded As Public Epidemic – Dylan Sevett (U.S. Uncut, December 27, 2015).
American Lives: James Baldwin, "Lifting The Veil" – NPR (July 15, 2011).
Gay Will Never Be the New Black: What James Baldwin Taught Me About My White Privilege – Todd Clayton (HuffPost Gay Voices, February 12, 2013).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• "We Are All One" – #Justice4Jamar and the 4th Precinct Occupation: Photos, Reflections and Links
• An Update on #Justice4Jamar and the 4th Precinct Occupation
• Quote of the Day – November 25, 2015
• Rallying in Solidarity with Eric Garner and Other Victims of Police Brutality
• Quote of the Day – June 19, 2015
• "Say Her Name" Solidarity Action for Sandra Bland
• In Minneapolis, Rallying in Solidarity with Black Lives in Baltimore