Sad Truth of Tamir Rice Shooting

Tamir Rice 1Now that the grand jury has ruled police won’t be indicted for the Tamir Rice shooting, the majority of the media and of course #BlackLivesMatter refuse to acknowledge Rice was brandishing a BB gun with the orange safety tip removed. To make matters worse he emulated thugs pointing said gun at passer-byes then putting the gun into his waistband under his jacket/ shirt.

Tamir Rice 2

Police were notified and responded and tragically shot Tamir as he drew the BB gun from his waistband. The officers reacted properly. BLM and other protesters disagree but in a split moment police cannot second guess themselves, ask a potential perp “is that gun real” as it’s being drawn from a waistband and are trained to protect themselves! Yes America, police have as much of a right to self-preservation as anyone.

The orange safety tips are on toys and BB guns for a reason, to prevent accidental shootings. Who removed the safety tip on Rice’s gun? And let’s not blame the manufacturer, because one might as well blame manufacturers of just about anything as people have been killed by just about everything! This nation has a sad track record of blaming everyone else for the actions of one. While tragic the sad truth of the Tamir Rice shooting is he and his parent(s)/ caregivers are at fault. Children know right from wrong, to not point guns at people let alone draw a gun from your waistband like thugs do at cops, who have encountered the real thing. Rice’s parents should have never allowed him to leave his home with that gun (safety tip or not).



 

Tamir Rice decision: No indictments of Cleveland police officers
cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County grand jury on Monday elected not to bring criminal charges against the two Cleveland police officers involved in last year’s fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

The decision not to indict officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback brings to an end a months-long criminal investigation into the high-profile shooting.

Monday’s decision comes more than 13 months after the shooting, which catapulted Cleveland into the national debate about police use of force.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, whose oversight of the grand jury process drew criticism, called the shooting “a perfect storm of human error” while announcing the grand jury’s decision at a news conference.

The grand jury heard evidence over nearly three months, including conflicting reports written by five experts in police use of force, statements read by Loehmann and Garmback and testimony from some of Tamir’s relatives who arrived within minutes at the scene of the shooting.

In their statements, the officers each wrote that they saw Tamir pulling what they thought was a real gun out of his waistband before Loehmann shot the boy from close range. read more