Family Asks FBI To Reopen Case On Tamir Rice Police Shooting
12-year-old Tamir Rice’s family is asking the feds to reopen his murder case. If you recall, Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014.
In 2020, federal prosecutors said they would not pursue charges against the two officers responsible for the shooting.
“The truth is this case is tragically simple. Tamir Rice was a boy. On November 22, 2014, he was doing something many boys enjoy: playing with a toy gun in a park near his house,” lawyers for the family said.
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Rice was killed after officers responded to a call that a juvenile was pointing a gun at people, however, it was a fake pellet gun and he was never pointing it at anyone.
“I’m still in so much pain because no one has been held accountable for the criminal act that took his life,” Tamir’s mother, Samaria Rice, said in a statement. “I’m asking DoJ to reopen the investigation into my son’s case; we need an indictment and conviction for Tamir’s death.”
“The election of President Biden, your appointment, and your commitment to the rule of law, racial justice, and police reform give Tamir’s family hope that the chance for accountability is not lost forever,” the family said in a letter to the Biden administration.