Cleveland Leaders Bypass Prosecutors to Seek Charge in Tamir Rice Case.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

Community leaders, distrustful of criminal justice system, invoking seldom used Ohio law to go directly to a judge to request murder charges against the officers.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/us/cleveland-leaders-bypass-prosecutors-to-seek-charge-in-tamir-rice-case.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Wooh! That's interesting!

God, I hope it works.

I wonder how many other states have a law like that.

[Mnemosyne]

2. Great news, someone is trying. K&R nt

[GGJohn]

3. May Tamir finally get justice. eom.

[jen63]

4. My fingers are crossed so hard

they're breaking. Please, please let this work!

[davidpdx]

5. I had no idea they could do that

Just curious if anyone knows how common this is throughout the US?

The article said:

Ohio is one of a handful of states that allow residents to request an arrest without approval from the police or prosecutors.