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| Tamir Rice case: Officers will not face criminal charges | |
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| A US grand jury has decided not to bring charges against two policemen over the killing of a 12-year-old black boy armed with a toy gun. | |
| A local prosecutor in Ohio state, Tim McGinty, called the events that led to the death of Tamir Rice "the perfect storm of human errors". | |
| He said it was not unreasonable for the officers to fear for their lives. | He said it was not unreasonable for the officers to fear for their lives. |
| The announcement comes at a time when the deaths of black men at the hands of police has sparked a national debate. | The announcement comes at a time when the deaths of black men at the hands of police has sparked a national debate. |
| Rice was carrying a non-lethal pellet gun when police approached him in Cleveland in November 2014, in response to a 911 call reporting a man waving and pointing a gun at people. | |
| The caller said the gun may not be real and the perpetrator could be a juvenile. | |
| Mr McGinty faulted the emergency services dispatcher for not relaying that information to the officers. | |
| Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback have said the gun looked real and urged Rice to raise his hands three times. | |
| Officer Loehmann shot Rice twice after the boy pulled the gun from his waistband. | |
| The toy gun lacked an orange safety tip and urged toy manufactures to stop making replicas that look like real guns, Mr McGinty said. | |
| The Rice family have said police fired too quickly and should have used a Taser, a non-lethal weapon. |