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Prosecutors defend urging no charges in Tamir Rice shooting

It showed the 12-year-old black boy was drawing what turned out to be a pellet gun from his waistband when he was shot, McGinty said. The boy died hours later in hospital.

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Prosecutors who recommended bringing no charges against two officers in the shooting of Tamir Rice said they were required to reveal to a grand jury they didn’t think a conviction was possible.


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The family also issued a statement accusing the prosecutor of “abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to orchestrate a vote against indictment”. Defense attorneys in the case successfully argued the officers’ actions could therefore not be interpreted as being criminal since there was no way of telling whether the boy’s toy gun was not real. Asked if he has a message to the people who are angry with the grand jury’s decision, Kasich said: “You need to be heard”.


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The grand jury had been hearing evidence and testimony since mid-October.

Ohio Governor John Kasich urged residents not to “give in to anger and frustration and let it divide us”. Rice was black; the police officers are white. The governor said that he has remained in contact with local religious leaders, law enforcement and government officials, including Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson.

Prosecutors decided they couldn’t get a conviction after seeing enhanced surveillance footage of the shooting, he said. The officers said they mistook a toy gun that Tamir was playing with in a local park for an actual weapon.

The officers were “frightened” and did not realize that Rice – who was tall for his age – was just a boy with a toy, McGinty said.

The City of Cleveland identify the areas of the Patrolmen’s Association contract that are in conflict with the consent decree and have contributed to the police department’s pattern and practice of excessive use of force.

Around 60 to 80 protesters walked from the Justice Center to the city’s Shoreway as law enforcement squad cars, mounted police and members of the media followed them.

McGinty insisted that “steps have been taken” to ensure that this “tragic event” does not happen again, including outfitting all Cleveland police officers with body cameras in order to help “improve public confidence and improve performance”.

His goal is “to fully integrate police with community” but there is “a long way to go”, Kasich acknowledged.

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“Cleveland’s Terrible Stain” is the title of the editorial released by the New York Times on Tuesday regarding the Tamir Rice case.

Protesters block East 9th and Lakeside in downtown Cleveland