decisions that have disappointed the nation, i believe this family is entitled to an answer. joining me now is walter madison, attorney for the family of tamir rice. mr. madison, i have to say i m a little confused by all of this jurisdictionally. there has been, my understanding, a cleveland police investigation in tandem with some investigators from the state of ohio attorney s general office? is that correct? that s not correct in this particular instance. and we simply think that in the spirit of transparency, there ought be some answers to what has actually occurred. so what has been going on in this month plus. what is you re understanding? has the cleveland police been collecting evidence? have they interviewed the two police officers in some sort of formal setting? what actually is the status 069 investigation, if it exists. we have no idea what has been
we also as part of this new investigation or the transfer of this investigation, want to know what has been done in those six weeks and three days and in the spirit of transparency on the heels of all of these grand jury decisions that have disappointed the nation i believe this family is entitled to an answer. joining me now is walter madison, attorney for the family of tamir rice. mr. madison, i have to say i m a little confused by all of this jurisdictionally. there has been my understanding, a cleveland police investigation in tandem with some investigators from the state of ohio attorney s general office? is that correct? that s not correct in this particular instance.
we also, as part of this new investigation or the transfer of this investigation, want to know what has been done in those six weeks and three days and in the spirit of transparency, on the heels of all of these grand jury decisions that have disappointed the nation, i believe this family is entitled to an answer. joining me now is walter madison, attorney for the family of tamir rice. mr. madison, i have to say i m a little confused by all of this jurisdictionally. there has been, my understanding, a cleveland police investigation in tandem with some investigators from the state of ohio attorney s general office? is that correct? that s not correct in this
distrustful whether local authorities will endiet a police officer even though it is very clear, very transparent that several things were done inappropriately. reporter: the tragedy is all captured on security cam video at the park. it shows the 12-year-old by himself on a snowy day playing with and pointing the gun. then a police car speeds up within feet of rice and within seconds, two officers jump out. and the closest to rice opens fire, hitting it at least once. he died the following day. many are shocked at how quickly it all hams. and say police instead of de-escalating, intensified it. critics say it is another case of police acting too aggressively, too fast, resulting in a tragedy all too familiar. the authorities say the two officers involved are currently on paid administrative leave. that s why the cleveland police