Tamir Rice: grand jury begins evaluating evidence in boy's killing by police

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Tamir Rice: grand jury begins evaluating evidence in boy's killing by police

Associated Press in Cleveland
Tuesday 27 October 2015 19.43 GMT

A grand jury has begun evaluating evidence to decide whether criminal charges should be filed against two white officers in the fatal police shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy carrying a pellet gun outside a recreation center.

The head of Cleveland’s largest police union told the Associated Press on Tuesday that officers were subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury last week and on Monday.

“We’ve cooperated fully,” said Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association. “I have all the confidence in the world in the grand jury system and our system of justice.”

Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty has said he would take the case to the grand jury, but Loomis’s comments revealed that the panel had begun hearing the case. McGinty’s spokesman Joe Frolik said the prosecutor’s office cannot comment on grand jury proceedings.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/27/tamir-rice-grand-jury-begins-evaluating-evidence

[mcar]

1. WTF has this taken so long?

This poor child's family deserves justice and closure. What has been done here is unconscionable.

[Number23]

2. And this may sound hopeless, defeatist or whatever

But I have absolutely no hope that justice will come to this child or his family. Out of this grand jury or any other

[DashOneBravo]

3. Sadly I must agree

The longer they drag it out the less likely the MSM will cover it.

I'd like to see both officers charged. And would like to see why the more expierenced officer drove right up on him.