nation s attention and one we will continue to follow as these grand jury proceedings continue. nick valencia, thank you for breaking it down for us. you bet. let s talk about these reports and the legal case ta ahead. tom fuentes and joey jackson are with us. nick went over the facts of the case and no need for us to rehash. i want to go, specifically, a quote from a report to you, first, tom, in which they say that officer loehmann s saying it was reasonable and the response to that perceived threat was as well. your response to that. i think the difficulty here, victor, is hard to argue what an officer might believe when he gets there. the video looks bad. in hindsight, we know it was not a real gun and he was 12 years old. the victim tamir was 12 years old but not what the officers know when they arrive at the
the interest of being transparent. one expert calling rice s death tragic and heartbreaking but officer s was objectbly reasonable. the other expert a retired fbi agent saying the only facts that matter in determining if the officer acted reasonable are those he had at the time. officer loehmann had no other information to suggest it was nothing but a real handgun. now rice s lawyers say the release of these expert reports proves the prosecutor s office does not want accountability. they released a statement saying any presentation to a grand jury without the prosecutor advocating for tamir is a charade and to get experts to
if we convict officer loehmann and send a different message and it goes up to the appellate court and it stands and ultimately reaches the supreme court and it stands, then we ll begin to send a new message that now we ve got to look at the philosophies and the cultures behind these actions and make real radical change. pastor matthews, thank you. thank you. a lot of celebrities fear take a stand on hot-button issues. nick cannon is not one of them. he is here. he is joining me to share his thoughts on the chokehold protests around the country. and much, much more. that s next. eeeeeeeeee financial noise financial noise financial noise
but after ferguson and eric garner, some athletes say they won t keep quiet any longer about their views on some controversial topics. plus, the world lead, two hostages held by al qaeda in yemen are dead after a u.s. special forces team failed to get them out in time. one was hours from being freed. his heartbreaking stories from one of his friends. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with our national lead. a mother pleading the cleveland police officer who shot and killed her unarmed son at the very least face trial. today, she demanded he be be tried and convicted. he was by himself in a gazebo waving around a toy gun. then two police officers pulled alongside and with scarcely any time for any sort of warnings, officer loehmann shot and killed
uncovered a pattern of unreasonable force by police in cleveland, ho ho. now that investigation began in 2013 and carries added weight following an incident last month when an officer fatally shot a boy carrying a toy gun. we have more on that. the surveillance video shows a boy walking near a playground. he s 12-year-old tamir rice and he s playing with a boy. and airsoft gun that from a distance can look like a real gun. a bystander calls 911. there s a guy holding a pistol. it s probably fake, but he s pointing it at everybody. less than two seconds after police drive up, the 12-year-old, again, carrying a toy, is shot and dilled at close range. the 26-year-old police officer who shot him had only recently been hired by the cleveland police. at his previous job, officer loehmann s personnel records