Jazmir Tucker

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, lists the defendants as the city of Akron, Mayor Shammas Malik, Police Chief Brian Harding, Officer Davon Fields and other police officers.

A few dozen community members protested at the first Akron City Council meeting since a grand jury declined to indict the police officer who fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker.

The Greater Akron Fellowship of Clergy has issued a list of policy demands following a grand jury's decision not to indict the Akron police officer that fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker last year.

Fifteen-year-old Jazmir Tucker was fatally shot by an Akron police officer Nov. 28, 2024. Police found a hand gun in Tucker's zipped coat pocket after he was shot, body cam footage shows.

Ohio lawmakers passed House Bill 315 during its 2024 Lame Duck session. The bill includes a provision that allows law enforcement agencies to charge the public $75 an hour, up to $750, for body cam footage.

Mayor Shammas Malik has proposed spending $768,000 to hire a national consultant team led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.