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Witness Statements Contradict Account of Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice
A sign from a march in New York City against police violence against black Americans. (The All-Nite Images / (CC BY-SA 2.0))
A prosecutor’s comprehensive account of the investigation into the death of Tamir Rice included witness reports that contradict a police officer’s claim that he shouted a warning before shooting and killing the 12-year-old boy last November.
The Guardian reports:
Tamir was shot as he played in a Cleveland park, after police responded to a 911 call reporting a male with a firearm. He was playing with a toy plastic gun. The death and a delay in its investigation sparked public outrage and protests.
On Thursday, Cleveland municipal court judge Ronald Adrine said he found probable cause to bring a murder charge against the officer who fired the fatal shot, Timothy Loehmann. Adrine’s ruling, which prosecutors will consider, followed a request to look into the case by a group known as the Cleveland 8, a number of clergymen and local activists who support the Rice family.
In releasing a redacted 224-page account of the investigation by the Cuyahoga County sheriff’s department on Saturday, prosecutor Timothy McGinty said his intention was to be transparent.
Read more here.
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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Source: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/prosecutors_findings_contradict_account_of_cop_suspected_of_20150614/
