To: Thomas Fladung, Managing Editor and Denise Polverine, Director of Digital Operations

Cleveland.com: Apologize to Tamir Rice's Family

Tamir Rice's family continues to suffer. Apologize for your poor judgment in linking his violent death to his father's irrelevant convictions.

Why is this important?

Black victims of violence, particularly those who fall at the hands of police, are routinely painted explicitly or implicitly as somehow deserving of their fate. This has got to stop. Tell cleveland.com (@clevelanddotcom) to apologize for including the criminal record of Tamir Rice's father in its coverage. *Update* I'm unable to change the specified target at this point, but the petition will be sent to Chris Quinn, VP of Content for NEOMG, who is overseeing the story coverage.**.