Rice would have turned 20 years old this past June. His family recently gathered at the park where the then 12-year-old was fatally shot by police to open The Rice Butterfly Memorial.
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Justice Department declines to charge officers in Tamir Rice shooting
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The U.S. Justice Department closed its investigation into the 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, declining to charge the officers who responded to the scene. UPI File Photo handout
Dec. 29 (UPI) The U.S. Justice Department declined to charge the Cleveland officers involved in the fatal 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice, closing its investigation Tuesday.
An independent federal investigation into the Nov. 22, 2014, shooting of the 12-year-old Black boy seen playing with a toy gun at a park found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against Cleveland Division of Police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the Justice Department said in a statement.
December 30, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department have declined to charge the Cleveland officers involved in the fatal 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice, and have closed its investigation. An independent federal investigation into the Nov. 22, 2014, shooting of the 12-year-old Black boy seen playing with a toy gun at a park “found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against Cleveland Division of Police officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback,” accordimg to a statement from the DOJ. The statement added that Rice’s family attorneys were notified of the decision and were also sent a letter “explaining the findings of the investigation and reasons for the decision.”