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Tamir Rice
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...officer-holding-replica-gun-article-1.2020637[...]
12-year-old Cleveland boy who allegedly had a replica handgun in his waistband died early Sunday after being shot by a police officer
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An attorney for Tamir Rice said the boy died while being treated at a local hospital.
The child was at the Cudell Recreation Center at 3:30 p.m. Saturday when police responded to a report of the child waving the gun around and scaring people
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He was listed in critical condition and after undergoing surgery Saturday night
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"There's a guy in here with a pistol. It's probably fake, but he's pointing it at everybody," the witness told authorities, according to the 911 call released
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"It's probably fake but, you know what? It's scaring the s--- out of everybody."
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police said they could not take the risk that the gun was not an actual threat.
"We have to assume every gun is real," Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Jeff Follmer said,
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"When we don't, that's the day we don't go home."
As two officers approached the child they told him to raise his hands, officials
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But instead the young man reached for the gun in his waistband and one officer fired his weapon two times. The boy was shot in his torso and taken to a hospital.
Police said the boy did not threaten officers or point the gun at them.
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weapon reportedly was an airsoft gun that resembles a semi-automatic handgun.
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angry woman at the scene said the actions of the officer were unnecessary.
"Always kill a black kid right?" she said while still at the scene.
Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, told
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her son did not have access to the weapon and she does not know how he got it. When the incident occurred she ran to the scene but was unable to see her child before he was transported to the hospital.
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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case and both officers are being placed on paid leave. A spokesman told the Daily News Sunday they are investigating the incident.
not really sure where to put this one
there are a couple diff pages in his name
His fb
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007651576626&fref=ts
Justice for Tamir Rice
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Tamir-Rice/606792779425962