Family: Charges Unlikely in Killing of Tamir Rice by Police

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Family: Charges Unlikely in Killing of Tamir Rice by Police

By MARK GILLISPIE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND — Dec 27, 2015, 10:26 AM ET

Nearly 400 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun in an encounter captured on surveillance video, the boy's disillusioned family believes it's unlikely anyone will be indicted.

A decision on whether to charge the officer or his partner in the death of Tamir Rice — one of the higher-profile cases of black deaths at the hands of police that have roiled cities nationwide — could come any day. The grand jury making the decision has been meeting since mid-October.

The video shows patrolman Timothy Loehmann, a rookie at the time, shooting Tamir in an instant as the cruiser driven by patrolman Frank Garmback skids to a stop on Nov. 22, 2014. Tamir died the next day during surgery, and his family has repeatedly questioned why the case has dragged on.

Subodh Chandra, a Cleveland attorney who represents the Rice family in a federal civil rights lawsuit over the shooting, said he has resigned himself to the belief that the officers, both white, won't be indicted.

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[Scootaloo]

1. I wish I could use words like "shocked," or "unbelievable," or the like

But all that's there are the words "normal" and "unsurprising."

[uppityperson]

2. Argh

[onecaliberal]

3. How the fuck is that possible? Bring a civil suit; take every fucking thing they will ever have.

Make sure their lives are in the gutter. If I were the parent that would be more than I could deal with. How does anyone think this bullshit is okay? This country is full of shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. I hope that's wrong. It was a murder of an innocent child.