Tamir Rice’s Mother: Prosecutor ‘Deliberately Sabotaged’ Case, Acted Like Cops’ Defense Attorney

Tamir Rice’s mother has just released a new statement slamming the prosecutor after a grand jury refused to indict her son’s killer.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty today announced the police officers involved in the shooting of 12-year old Tamir Rice would not be indicted, after he admitted to advocating for them to the grand jury.

In response tonight, Rice’s mother blasted McGinty.

“My family and I are in pain and devastated by the non-indictment of officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback for the murder of our beloved Tamir. After this investigation—which took over a year to unfold—and Prosecutor McGinty’s mishandling of this case, we no longer trust the local criminal-justice system, which we view as corrupt,” Samaria Rice said in a statement which was not fully reported by the mainstream media.

“Prosecutor McGinty deliberately sabotaged the case, never advocating for my son, and acting instead like the police officers’ defense attorney,” Rice continued. “In a time in which a non-indictment for two police officers who have killed an unarmed black child is business as usual, we mourn for Tamir, and for all of the black people who have been killed by the police without justice. In our view, this process demonstrates that race is still an extremely troubling and serious problem in our country and the criminal-justice system.”

“I don’t want my child to have died for nothing and I refuse to let his legacy or his name be ignored. We will continue to fight for justice for him, and for all families who must live with the pain that we live with.”

“As the video shows, Officer Loehmann shot my son in less than a second. All I wanted was someone to be held accountable. But this entire process was a charade,” Rice says. She concludes, “I pray and hope that the federal government will investigate this case.”

Some responses to today’s news via Twitter: 

 

 

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Image of Tim McGinty by Scott Taylor via Twitter
Statement via Jet