The city of Cleveland has filed a claim against the estate of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy killed by a police officer in 2014, for his final ambulance ride.
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It was the day Tamir Rice was shot by Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann outside a recreation center. He had an airsoft pistol that police say resembled a real gun.
A grand jury in December decided not to indict Loehman or his partner in connection with the shooting.
If you think that the city of Cleveland and its law department couldn’t handle the Tamir Rice case any worse than it has, well, we have news for you.
This is not the first time something like this has happened; in 2012, NY sent a $710 bill for vehicle repairs to a mother of a 27-year-old man who had been struck and killed by a cop auto.
He said the act “added insult to homicide”.
The city’s claim was met with anger by an attorney for the Rice family and the head of the city’s police union.
Cleveland EMS billed $450 for ambulance advance life support and $50 for mileage, according to the invoice.
Rice’s family filed a civil suit against Loehmann and the city, partly for not giving Tamir aid after he was shot.
The police officers maintained in signed statements that Tamir appeared to be much older than his age.
‘Even though video shows the police shooting Tamir in less than one second, Prosecutor McGinty hired so-called expert witnesses to try to exonerate the officers and tell the grand jury their conduct was reasonable and justified.
Mashable has also reached out to the attorneys listed on the claim and representatives of the City of Cleveland for further comment.
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The city’s creditor’s claim asks the family to pay the $500 ambulance fee by March 11.
