[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

see as these racist stupidd bastards shot this fine boy! they simply shot him coz he was black!! nothing more to say. I diots!

WHERE IS THAT AMNESTY INTERNAL?

AMERICA IS A TERRORIST COUNTRY.

IF IT WERE IN NIGERIA YOU WILL START HEARING AMNESTY THIS AND THAT, USA CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO THE SHOOTING OF AN INNOCENT MINOR.

#KILLRACISTWHITEAMERICANS

Thought na only 9ja police dey kolo before oo. Wish the young man a speedy recovery.
* collects son's toy gun*

All I needed to know was the race of the kiddo. Didn't even bother reading the whole content.
Welcome to America.

ramdris:

title: US Police Kill Black Boy, 12, Carrying Toy Gun

"KILL" means he's not coming back or getting patched up any time soon.

The word "black" in itself is racist as it describes a person using the colour their skin. American mainstream media should use the term "African-American" as a better connotation for reports like this.

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Why is this not on the front page?

Another black kid killed by police? That country is turning into something else. Ridiculous.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1NKIM2t3Ko

[size=15pt]Police release fake gun shooting video of 12-year-old boy[/size]

This video confirm that the police lied. They claim that they had ordered the 12-year-old to show his hands three times as the car pulled up alongside, but as you can see on the footage they "executed" the boy just two seconds after pulling up in their cruiser.

Racism will never stop unless all good people (whites inclusive) speak up with one voice.

Poor judgement on the part of the police officer IMO.