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66. you tried to convince us it is not illegal to shoot 12 year kids...just a bad outcome

1StrongBlackMan (26,640 posts)
20. During my recent visit to Cleveland, OH ...

I spoke with a member of BLM's inner circle (a cousin of a very close friend), several community activists (that I grew up with and worked with when I lived in Cleveland), a couple family members that work in the Cleveland PD, and an Asst. Prosecutor (that I went to Law school with ... she was in my Criminal Procedure study group).

And from those discussions, I came away with a couple conclusions ... specifically, a bad outcome does not constitute a crime.

First, the rookie cop that pulled the trigger was rightfully exonerated ... Yes, he shot a kid; but, the facts suggest, he was placed in a position, by his (veteran) Training Officer, that NO jury would have convicted.

However, just about everyone agreed, the veteran Training Officer should have been charged with Negligent Homicide, for "cowboying it up" and driving too fast and close to the scene, placing the rookie in a position of having to make the split second shoot/no shoot decision, from a distance of less than 6 feet, and no cover.

Now, there were other non-prosecutable problems with how the CPD handled the immediate aftermath of the shooting, i.e., failure to render aid, the treatment of the family (particularly, Rice's juvenile sister).

There, also, was a failure of the community center program ... Tamar and his sister, went to a daycare program. His sister showed up; but, Tamir didn't ... she told the operators that Tamir was outside playing and no one took the time to go get him.

Sadly, we all agreed that a bad outc