According to CopBlock, "County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty has been telling people he will not comply with the recommendation of Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine to charge the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice, and force them to defend their actions in court. Even worse, he is saying he does not agree with Judge Adrine’s finding that there is probable cause to charge the officers with any crime. He says he has conducted a thorough investigation of the facts in the Nov. 22, 2014 shooting and will present them to the grand jury some time this month and let them decide if charges should be filed. But if he goes to the grand jury with no recommendation or a recommendation that there is no probable cause to indict, or before releasing the second video of the shooting, it is extremely unlikely the grand jury on its own will file charges."
The judge wanted to issue an arrest warrant for the officer who murdered Tamir Rice but it needed to be approved first by the County Prosecutor. Timothy McGinty has decided to place the burden onto the Grand Jury instead of doing the job he was elected to do.
Officer Timothy Loehmann, the man who shot Tamir Rice, claimed he had no choice but to shoot the 12 year old as he felt threatened. If this was the case he had many options. He could have stayed in his vehicle and used the megaphone to order Tamir to place his weapon on the ground and/or to put his hands up. The video shows that Officer Loehmann had a mission to shoot someone.
Please contact prosecutor Timothy McGinty and urge him to press charges on the officers responsible for the murder of Tamir Rice. If he feels pressure from the community perhaps he will do the right thing.
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