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Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by Horus(m): 2:51pm On Nov 24, 2014
[size=17pt]US police kill boy, 12, carrying toy gun[/size]

24 November 2014

A 12-year-old boy has died after being shot by police in the US city of Cleveland, after carrying what turned out to be a replica gun in a playground.

Police say an officer fired two shots at Tamir Rice after he failed to obey an order to raise his hands.

He did not make any verbal threats nor point the gun towards the officers.

A lawyer representing his family said it would be carrying out its own investigation into what happened.

The incident comes as a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, will decide imminently whether to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.



An investigation is now under way into the shooting of Tamir Rice

A recording reveals the 911 caller did not know if the weapon was real.

The boy was shot on Saturday afternoon and died in hospital early on Sunday morning.

Cleveland deputy police chief Ed Tomba said the boy shot twice after pulling the gun from the waistband of his trousers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xEIEXk4Nc

Police said the weapon was an "airsoft" replica gun that resembled a semi-automatic pistol, adding that an orange safety indicator had been removed.

An audio recording of the 911 emergency call made by the man who reported the incident reveals that on two occasions he said that the pistol was "probably a fake" and on another occasion that the person holding it "was probably a juvenile".

The caller also said that he was not sure whether the weapon was "real or not".

But Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland police association, said the two officers at the scene were not told about the caller's comments.

One of the officers involved was in his first year on the local force, the other had more than 10 years of experience.

The BBC's David Willis in Washington says an official investigation is under way and both officers have been placed on administrative leave.

Tamir Rice's father, Gregory Henderson, said that police should have used a stun gun - or Taser - to subdue his son than shoot him.

"Why not Tase him?" he was quoted as asking by Cleveland.com. "[They] shot him twice, not once, and at the end of the day you all don't shoot for the legs, you shoot for the upper body," he said.

Mr Henderson said that Tamir was a "respectful young man" who "minded his elders", and he that it was a mystery to him why son, reported to be tall for his age, allegedly did not follow police orders.



The replica handgun taken from the 12-year old shot by Cleveland police

There have been calls for tighter controls on fake guns, with one local lawmaker - Alicia Reece - saying she intends to introduce legislation that would require fake guns sold in Ohio to be brightly coloured.

A lawyer for Rice's family, Timothy Kucharski, told the BBC that he would be conducting an investigation, in "parallel" to the police, in order to establish exactly what happened.

"If in fact we determine that Tamir's rights are violated, we will proceed with civil action against the police," he said.

Cleveland's police force has come under increased scrutiny in recent years, most notably over a high-profile car chase in 2012 that ended with two deaths and officers firing 137 shots.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30172433
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by thaoriginator: 2:53pm On Nov 24, 2014
Why? F T C

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Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by niggadee(m): 2:57pm On Nov 24, 2014
Its a cold world R.i.p Lil nigga

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Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by Nobody: 2:59pm On Nov 24, 2014
Well somehow you cant blame them. That's what they're trained to do. Shoot anything that poses a threat. Sometimes ppl get shot for pointing a cell phone or even a remote controls at dem
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by Horus(m): 3:06pm On Nov 24, 2014
HugeCock:
Well somehow you cant blame them. That's what they're trained to do. Shoot anything that poses a threat. Sometimes ppl get shot for pointing a cell phone or even a remote controls at dem

Did you read the article? He did not make any verbal threats nor point the gun towards the Police officers.
So where was the threat?.
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by superior494(m): 3:09pm On Nov 24, 2014
Nothing person no go hear
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by Nobody: 3:16pm On Nov 24, 2014
Horus:


Did you read the article? He did not make any verbal threats nor point the gun towards the Police officers.
So where was the threat?.
well not obeying instructions to raise ur hands will prompt some officers to shoot. I'm not saying wat they did was right. Tazing d guy would have been a better option
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by idupaul: 3:24pm On Nov 24, 2014
He was basically killed for being big for his age.. From his height the poorly trained cops tot he was like 19 and armed but the were wrong
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by lonelydora: 3:35pm On Nov 24, 2014
Another US achool shooter in-the-making wasted. Why did he refuse to raise his hands? RIP to the dead shaa.
Re: Police Kill 12 Year Old Boy With Toy Gun by Horus(m): 2:23am On Nov 25, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtPA0drvdoQ

[size=15pt]"He was only 12!" Tamir Rice's sister makes emotional plea at vigil[/size]

Family and friends of killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice held a vigil at the playground near Cudell Recreation Center where he was shot by police in Cleveland on Monday.

Rice's father and elder sister attended the vigil, with his sister Tajai Rice saying that "he loved everybody" and that she "doesn't understand why" her brother was killed. Community and faith leaders also addressed the gathering, asking for donations towards Rice's funeral.

Tamir Rice was shot dead while playing with a fake gun on Saturday. Cuyahoga County confirmed that he was shot twice in the torso at around 15:30 local time, later dying from his injuries on Sunday at the MetroHealth Medical Center.

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