The grand jury case deciding whether or not the officers who shot Tamir are guilty is going on right now and there’s new expert information about the video of the shooting. “It is clear that Officer Loehmann shot Tamir Rice immediately upon exiting the vehicle, such that Rice did not have enough time to take his hands out of his jacket pockets”.
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‘The scientific analysis and timing involved do not support any claim that there was a meaningful exchange between Officer Loehmann and Tamir Rice, before he was shot, ‘ Wobrock said.
Tamir died in the hospital the next day.
Previous reports concluded that Loehmann shot Tamir within 1.7 seconds of opening the vehicle door.
“The toy gun was not visible to either officer before the shooting and the video shows the claim Tamir reached into his waistband was false because Tamir’s hands were in his pocket when he was shot”, Chandra said.
Wobrock also went on to note that with the patrol auto windows rolled up, there’s no way that Rice was able to hear commands to show his hands.
Wobrock, an expert hired by attorneys representing Tamir’s family in a civil lawsuit, formed his conclusions after studying enhanced video released last week by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty. Wobrock also analyzed the shot to Tamir and concluded that Tamir was lifting his arm, with his hand still in his pocket, right when the shot was sacked.
Tamir’s family has criticized McGinty for months over the length of the investigation and has demanded charges against the officers.
McGinty, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor who now has a copy of the report, said: “We welcome and will review all credible, relevant evidence from any source”.
Tamir’s family wants the expert they’ve hired to testify in front of the grand jury.
Two of the reports were written by experts who have previously called the shooting “unreasonable” and “unjustified” -Jeffrey Noble, former deputy chief of police in Irvine, Calif., and Roger Clark, a police procedures consultant and veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
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Attorneys for Tamir’s family say the officers gave up their Fifth Amendment rights by reading the statements to the grand jury and are now required to answer questions on cross examination.
