Tamir Rice
Tamir Elijah Rice was 12 when he was shot dead by an officer, on November 22nd of 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio by Timothy Loehmann.
A 911 caller had reported that a juvenile was pointing a "pistol" at random people in the Cudell Recreation Center. The caller said twice that the pistol is "probably fake". According to reports, the police responder asked if the boy was "black or white".
Loehmann and another officer called Frank Garmback pulled up at the parking lot of the park and saw "a black MAN" on a bench who picked up the gun from his waistband. Loehmann immediatly fired two shots at the child. According to Chief Tomba, Tamir did not threaten the officers. The incident happened in less than five seconds. The "gun" was and Airsoft replica, so a toy gun.
None of the two officers were arrested to this day and Tamir deserves justice.
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