Tamir Rice's family asks Justice Department to reopen investigation into 12-year-old's death

[DonViejo]

Source: USA Today


Kristine Phillips
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice is asking the Justice Department to reopen its investigation into the boy's 2014 shooting and to convene a grand jury that would consider charges against the Cleveland police officers involved in his death.

Drawing from President Joe Biden's promise to reinvigorate investigations of police actions and Attorney General Merrick Garland's pledge to prioritize civil rights, Rice's family is asking the Justice Department to revisit evidence that the previous administration deemed insufficient to warrant prosecution.

"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," according to a letter to Garland by attorneys for the Rice family.

Rice's death at the hands of police helped fuel the Black Lives Matter movement and was, for years, part of the national conversation on use of force against people of color. The deaths of Black citizens during police encounters have continued to ignite nationwide protests and calls for reform. The renewed plea from Rice's family comes as the country watches the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, while in Chicago, police body camera footage released Thursday appears to show 13-year-old Adam Toledo with his hands up when he was shot.


Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/16/tamir-rice-family-asks-justice-department-reopen-investigation-death/7227771002/

[sop]

1. And while they're at it, they need to reopen the Eric Garner case as well.

A Staten Island grand jury declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner for selling loose cigarettes on a sidewalk. His murder was captured on video by a bystander. It is every bit as shocking as the George Floyd bystander video.

(CNN, 2019) — "Attorney General William Barr made the decision not to bring federal civil rights charges against the New York Police Department officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, siding with a Justice Department team from New York over the Civil Rights Division in Washington due to concerns that prosecutors could not successfully prove the officer acted willfully, a senior Justice Department official said. The decision to not pursue the charges against the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, came after a dispute between the teams, the official said. Barr made the decision after viewing the video showing Garner’s takedown several times and quizzing both groups of attorneys."

[MurrayDelph]

2. Exactly. Eric Garner was NOT killed while resisting arrested

He was killed while resisting assault!. Pantaleo starting slapping him around, Garner said "Don't touch me," and that was enough for Pantaleo to put him in a fatal chokehold.

Any (non-cardiac) arresting that occurred that day was a posthumous fiction to try to protect the officers' jobs.

[MurrayDelph]

3. If I'm ever in charge

Cops won't be allowed to arrest someone for "resisting arrest" if if there is no underlying charge

[ck4829]

4. Kick

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