The death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice was caused by a police officer who mistook Rice's air gun for a real firearm. The gunshot inflicted caused damage to the major vessels, intestines, and pelvis. The 911 call stated that there was juvenile black male pointing a gun at people-but that the gun was probably fake. When two police officers arrived at the scene, Rice was shot within 2 seconds. Rice died the next day. Rice allegedly reached for the toy gun (of which the orange tip had been removed) and police felt "threatened". The officers are currently on paid leave.
These kinds of stories, which become abundant, always leave people with a bad taste in their mouth and make them angry. Pure ignorance of peace by police officers are the result of these tragic deaths. There's no reason a 26 year old officer shouldn't give a 12 year old, real gun or fake gun, a chance. This is another tragic circumstance which will bring more people to the streets in response to police violence.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/justice/cleveland-tamir-rice/?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iref=obinsite
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