First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati Enquirer
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerAlmost two hundred protestors crowd around city council members as an angry Ronnie Stallworth yells at Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher during a hearing of the law committee at City Hall in Cincinnati following the killing of Timothy Thomas, an unarmed African American, by police officer Steven Roach two days earlier. The shooting lead to one week of protests, riots, and a city imposed curfew leading up to the funeral of this 19-year-old man.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerProtestors gather at the scene of the fatal police shooting of Timothy Thomas where a memorial has been place in the alleyway by Republic Street in Over-the-Rhine. Thomas was shot and killed by a Cincinnati Police officer Saturday April 7, 2001. The shooting lead to one week of protests, riots, and a city imposed curfew leading up to the funeral of this 19-year-old man.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati Police in riot gear and on horses move a crowd of protesters away from the main entrance to Cincinnati Police headquarters on Ezzard Charles Drive Monday, April 9, 2001. The crowds had moved thru OTR following a tense meeting at City Hall about the police shooting of Timothy Thomas Saturday,April 7,2001.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati Police confront members of the New Prospect Baptist Church on Elm Street near Findlay market Tuesday night. Protestors rioted throughout the day into the night burning and destroying businesses as well as attacking both police and civilians. The shooting of Timothy Thomas lead to one week of protests, riots, and a city imposed curfew leading up to the funeral of this 19-year-old man.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerOne of two store fronts burn on Elder in Findlay Market Tuesday night. Protestors rioted throughout the day after the shooting death of Timothy Thomas in Over-the-Rhine.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerTiffany McCants, of Over-the-Rhine, holds her daughter, DarRiell, 3, after the two were hit from behind on the corner of 12th and Vine St. Wednesday afternoon during rioting related to the police shooting of Timothy Thomas. A Cincinnati Police Officer said the car that hit her was struck by a projectile as it was coming up Vine Street and swerved into Ms. McCant's car.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerPolice block a crowd gathered at 13th Street and Republic near the sight of the shooting of Timothy Thomas by a Cincinnati Police Officer. A Black Panther gathering was scheduled at the sight at 3:30 pm. Eventually the police backed off their vehicles and let the march commence.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerCincinnati Police detain two men immediately after an officer was struck by a bullet on his bullet proof vest while standing near the corner Greenup and Vine Streets late April 11, 2001. The killing of Timothy Thomas, an unarmed African American, by police officer Stephen Roach happened earlier in the week. The shooting lead to one week of protests, riots, and an city imposed curfew leading up to the funeral of this 19-year-old man.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerMounted Police push protestors back from Central Parkway and Race Street Wednesday afternoon. The group started a march from the sight of the shooting of Timothy Thomas on Republic and 13th Street and was stopped before reaching the downtown area.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerAn unidentified woman watches from her doorway as police arrest a group of young men on Elder and Elm Street at 8:15 pm after a sity imposed curfew started Thursday night April 12, 200. The city was placed on a state of emergency following two days of rioting after Timothy Thomas was shot by a police officer earlier in the week.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerFamily members say farewell at the funeral of Timothy Thomas at Prospect Baptist Church on Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine Saturday afternoon, April 15, 2001. Timothy Thomas was fatally shot last weekend by Cincinnati Police officer Stephen Roach.
First Place, News Picture Story - Steven M. Herppich / Cincinnati EnquirerMourners say farewell at the funeral of Timothy Thomas at Prospect Baptist Church on Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine Saturday afternoon, April 15, 2001. Timothy Thomas was fatally shot last weekend by Cincinnati Police officer Steven Roach.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati Enquirer
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerIn the quiet before the storm, an acquaintance of Timothy Thomas lights a candle at a makeshift memorial. Thomas was the 13th African-American male killed during contact with Cincinnati Police in recent years. An unarmed Thomas was shot in this spot while being pursude by police for outstanding warrants. Protestors took to the streets in the following days resulting in civil unrest.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati Enquirer A single protestor tosses a can of fruit toward a police line as police gather to begin rounding up protestors in the streets. Marchers too to the streets after Cincinnati Police killed an unarmed man they were pursuing.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerProtestors stand atop cars as they march through the streets in protest of alleged police abuses.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerTwo teen girls watch from a safe vantage point as police form a barrier line to begin the roundup of violent protestors in their neighborhood.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Michael E. KeatingWith police in riot gear in place to keep the calm a mother, father and young daughter take up a curbside vantage point to watch the action unfold. Police presence on the streets is commonplace.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerAs tensions mount marchers call for others to join already in the streets in what began as a protest march that later turned to civil unrest.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerIn a moment where the unrest took a breath and emotions settled a bit these teen girls pass by the park as graffiti expresses sentiments of some in the neighborhood. Police maintained a presence as an unsteady calm took hold.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerAs calm returns to the streets Cincinnati Police continue their policy of enforcement as several youths found roaming the streets are patted down and ordered inside their homes.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerAs a riot squad of police move into a neighborhood a lone protestor stands on a street corner in silent protest of alleged police abuses. Questions of police training and actions launched a US Dept. of Justice investigation.
Second Place, News Picture Story - Michael E. Keating / Cincinnati EnquirerCaught in the middle of difficult times Ron-Autica Sutton -4- looks upward toward a white man holding the hand of her mother during a prayer service as ministers, activists and volunteers took to the streets to preach and plead for peace as Cincinnati endured riots in the streets.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina Gazette
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteSunday July 29th, 2001 an antique steam engine exploded at the Medina County Fairgrounds. A malfunction in the steam engine of a 1918 Case tractor caused it to become a bomb that strewed shrapnel, steam and boiling water over the fair goers. 5 people died and 50 were injured including 2 police officers. Minutes after the explosion a victim is helped by a young man as they wait for paramedics to transport her to the hospital burn unit.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazettePolice and civilians work side by side to help vitims of the Sunday evening explosion at the Medina County Fair. A antique steam tractor exploded Sunday evening July 29th, 2001, just after it arrived at the fair grounds. Four people were killed, and 49 were injured by shrapnel, steam and boiling water including 2 police officers and numerous children.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteA paramedic wraps a blanket around a young boy and carries him to a waiting ambulance.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteCivilians help a victim of the Case steam engine explosion before medical responders arrive on the scene.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteJim Bigam, a Medina County fair board member and the head of security at Medina County Fair threatens to arrest photographer at scene of steam engine explosion. Bigam was also a detective for the city of Medina's police department.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteDennis Jungbluth was one of the occupants of the 1918 Case Tractor when it exploded as it entered the fairgrounds. As paramedics worked to save her dads life, Michelle Jungbluth paced back and forth waiting for family to arrive at the scene. Dennis died just hours after the accident.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteAs young mothers arrives at Medina County Fairgrounds looking for her young sons, she is held back as she spies paramedics working on the young victims.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteTwo police officers were injured in the blast at the Medina County Fairgrounds. A Medina CountySherif (left) watches as a fellow law enforcement officer is rushed from the site to a waiting medic helicopter.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteA young boy arrives on the scene of a steam engine explosion looking for his father. He is told to stand back and wait while an officer checks on his fathers status.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteFather Ron Bryda gazes at the ground during a memorial prayer service for the victims of the steam engine explosion. The service was set up by area churches in response to the explosion of an antique steam engine at the Medina County Fair that killed 5 and injured 50.
Third Place, News Picture Story - Shirley Ware / The Medina GazetteA pair of Belgian horses pulling a wagon are led through Litchfield Cemetery carrying Dennis Jungbluth's casket. His children followed immediately behind. Dennis was one of five who died at the explosion of the steam engine at The Medina County Fairgrounds.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati Enquirer
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerCitizens complained about police officers, protesters hollered and hauled signs at City Hall, community leaders demanded change. But no one fully understood the danger of Cincinnati's deep racial divisions until a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in April. Kweisi Mfume, national president of the NAACP, stands near a makeshift memorial where Timothy Thomas, an unarmed black man, was killed by a white Cincinnati police officer which sparked days of rioting.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerA young man runs from Cincinnati police officers as they shoot bean bags into a crowd, wounding one woman shown being helped in the street. Rioters took to the streets of Cincinnati to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white Cincinnati police officer.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerA woman screams at Cincinnati police officers as rioters took to the streets to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white Cincinnati police officer.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerElizabeth Fingernajen and her mother Janette Adwani stand outside their convenience store in disbelief after rioters smashed their window along with many other businesses to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white Cincinnati police officer.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerMujahid Abdul throws water on a dumpster fire set by protestors angry over the not guilty verdict given to Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach for the shooting death of an unarmed black man.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerLife Allah holds onto 4-year-old Elijah Richmond while standing high on the steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse as the Grand Jury releases their findings of officer Stephen Roach's shooting death of Timothy Thomas.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerProtestors fill the streets outside Hamilton County Courthouse in anticipation of the Grand Jury findings of Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach's shooting death of Timothy Thomas. The shooting death of an unarmed black man by a police officer sparked days of rioting.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerA man expresses his anger towards a line of Cincinnati police officers blocking the path of marchers protesting the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white Cincinnati police officer.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerA Cincinnati police officer points a can of tear gas at people who wouldn't go back into their house as rioters took to the streets of Cincinnati to protest the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white Cincinnati police officer.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Brandi Stafford / The Cincinnati EnquirerPamela Williams looks up and prays as General Kabaka Oba listens to the radio using headphones to hear the Grand Jury findings of Cincinnati Police Officer Stephen Roach's shooting death of Timothy Thomas.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain Dealer
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce debates Jane Campbell in the Channel 5 studios. Pierce had never held elected office. To win against the well-known and well-financed opponent, Pierce desperately need to win votes on Cleveland's predominately West Side.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce greets his supporters just before his City Club debate with opponent Jane Campbell at the downtown Sheraton Hotel.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCampaign staff and volunteers for Cleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce clap to music during a rally at their headquarters on Stokes Blvd. before fanning out throughout the city to try to capture votes.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerFramed through microphones and wires Cleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce talks on Ohio Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar's radio show the day before the election.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce huddles with Team Pierce, Diana Trego and Keli Garrett after a meeting of the Ward 18 Democrats at St. Ignatius Church on Cleveland's West Side. Team Pierce is his advance team, setting up signs, etc., before each campaign stop.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce talks to a meeting of the Ward 18 Democrats at St. Ignatius Church on Cleveland's West Side. Campbell supporters Lynn Parry and June Eiffel listen but seem unconvinced.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerDelina Macon, a volunteer in the mayoral campaign of Jane Campbell gives a thumbs-down to candidate Raymond Pierce during his closing statement. Pierce supporter and campaign worker, Gloria Sallee-Rice applauds at Candidate's Night sponsored by the Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation at OLA/St. Joseph Center.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerMayoral candidate Raymond Pierce speaks at a coffee klatch in West Park on Cleveland's West Side. Predominately white West Park is a stronghold of his opponent, Jane Campbell.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerA member of the Masjid Bilal mosque sits on the floor after prayer and listens to Cleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce Cleveland, Ohio. After the service Imam Clyde Rahman announced the mosque's endorsement of Pierce. The mosque is located on Cleveland's predominately African American East Side where Pierce won 75% of the vote.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce relaxes in an office at WVIZ studios before the last debate with his opponent, Jane Campbell.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond Pierce gets a hug and words of encouragement from his wife Diane, just before his City Club debate with opponent Jane Campbell at the downtown Sheraton Hotel.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Dale Omori / The Plain DealerCleveland mayoral candidate Raymond C. Pierce salutes his supporters after losing to Jane Campbell.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / Cincinnati Enquirer
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerMiami Twp firefighter/paramedic Bill Ellison is rushed to the University Aircare helicopter after falling from the first floor into the basement of a house during a three-alarm fire on Jordan Road in Miami Township. He is at University Hospital in critical condition.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerA Miami Township firefighter cries after helping rescue fellow firefighter/paramedic Bill Ellison from a burning home during a three-alarm fire> Firefighter Ellison died several days later from his injuries.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerWith thousands in attendance pallbearers, family and brother firefighters, carry firefighter/paramedic William "Doc" Ellison into Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral in downtown Cincinnati.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerWife Victoria Ellison and her daughters Michaela 5, and Marissa 8, mourn at the graveside during firefighter/paramedic William "Doc" Ellison's burial at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas Kentucky. They hold the flag and the helmets given to them by both Miami and Anderson Townships where he was a firefighter.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerAnderson Township Fire Chief Dan Esslinger (left) and Miami Township Fire Chief Jim Hughes react during the last call for firefighter/paramedic William "Doc" Ellison' which was broadcast over the firefighters' radios and pagers during his burial at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas Kentucky
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerAnderson Township firefighters gather and hug after firefighter/paramedic William "Doc" Ellison's burial at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas Kentucky.
Award of Excellence, News Picture Story - Glenn Hartong / The Cincinnati EnquirerAs they play "Amazing Grace" bagpipers are silhouetted against the sky next to a lone tree during firefighter/paramedic William "Doc" Ellison's burial at St. Stephen Cemetery in Fort Thomas Kentucky.
