Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted her support of Tamir Rice and his family on Monday. Tamir ;was 12 years old when a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, gunned him down in November. Official reports released over the weekend say the policeman, ;who has not been suspended since the shooting, acted reasonably given that the situation was volatile and he had little information. ; Sending support to Tamir Rice's loved ones. Too many black families are mourning the loss of a child. We need to change that reality. -H October 12, 2015 Clinton’s tweet came in the wake of public outcry and frustration at the reports’ findings. …
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted her support of Tamir Rice and his family on Monday.
Tamir ;was 12 years old when a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio, gunned him down in November. Official reports released over the weekend say the policeman, ;who has not been suspended since the shooting, acted reasonably given that the situation was volatile and he had little information. ;
Clinton’s tweet came in the wake of public outcry and frustration at the reports’ findings. The presidential hopeful has been working to garner ;support among Black Lives Matter activists through meetings and vocal demonstrations of ;solidarity.
President Barack Obama has yet to respond to the reports ;about Tamir’s ;shooting.
According to the reports, two officers, ;Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, approached Tamir ;after a bystander called the police station saying a black male was “pointing his gun at people.” The caller also stated that the gun was “probably fake” and the male was “probably a juvenile.”
A ;video of the shooting ;shows Tamir ;alone in the park ;and ;talking on his cell phone ;when the police arrive. Loehmann shoots Tamir, who is seen reaching toward the airsoft gun at his hip, before Garmback leaves the vehicle. Tamir ;died in the hospital the next day.
The reports say ;there is no proof the officers gave a warning before shooting Tamir, according to ;CNN. The reports do ;not offer ;a conclusive opinion about whether either officer should be prosecuted. ;
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