Sadly, Rice’s death is one among several black deaths at the hands of Cleveland police in recent years. Or that quick and faulty judgments by police officers are justified, even when they are fatal?
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“The tragedy of Tamir Rice must be seen with unblinking clarity through the lens of a series of incidents of police misconduct committed by members of the Cleveland Police Department over years”.
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He added that, as part of the legal process, both of the officers have been on restricted duty since the shooting occurred and will remain so until the administrative process is completed.
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Tamir was shot by Timothy Loehmann, who said he shouted at the youngster three times to show his hands before opening fire.
Jackson says the case already has led to policy changes.
McGinty said a grand jury declined to charge a Cleveland police officer or his partner in the death of Tamir Rice.
But it later turned out that Tamir was only playing with an air-soft gun that he borrowed from a friend.
“While there is absolutely no upside to this issue”, he said in a statement, “there are lessons that should and will be learned by all”.
In an undated handout photo, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who died…
“Black teens were 21 times as likely as white teens to be shot and killed by police between 2010 and 2012, according to a ProPublica analysis of the Federal Bureau of Investigation data”.
Even the Department of Justice, in its own investigation of systemic problems within the Cleveland Police Department, couldn’t seem to stomach how officials there investigated police brutality cases with an eye toward finding no wrongdoing from their own.
The Justice Department and FBI have been monitoring the investigation and will continue an independent review of Rice’s death, said Michael Tobin, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cleveland. Khan posted an image of a baby-faced Tamir and pointed out that OH is an open-carry state and that Loehmann fired his weapon within seconds of arriving on the scene. “But there was no way for the officers to know that because they saw the events rapidly unfolding in front of them from a very different perspective.” continued McGinty.
“We all lose…if we give in to anger and frustration and let it divide us”, the statement read.
The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association said in a statement, “While we will always have the utmost respect for the Criminal Justice system, we are pleased in the Grand Jury’s thoughtful decision”.
Nor will his partner Frank Garmback, Cuyahoga county prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced. Five people held up signs, with pictures of Tamir and other people who have been fatally shot by police around the country.
The pellet gun did not have an orange tip of the kind often used on many toy weapons. The mayor and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams spoke out following the grand jury’s decision not to charge the officers in the Tamir Rice case.
McGinty responded in a statement to the media last week that Rice family attorneys “have spent months trying to inflame the media and the public with repeated, often inaccurate statements lobbying for their desired outcome”. The family says the prosecutor’s handling of the process compounded their grief. Tamir’s mother Samaria Rice was also called to testify.
Rice’s family said they were “saddened and disappointed” by the grand jury’s decision “but not surprised”. And he said Tamir was big for his age – 5-foot-7 and 175 pounds, with a men’s XL jacket and size-36 trousers – and could have easily passed for someone much older.
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Loehmann, an officer-in-training, shot 12-year-old Tamir on November 22, 2014.
