The family of 12-year old Cleveland preteen Tamir Rice have been devastated since his November 22nd shooting death. On that day a 911 call was placed informing authorities that Rice kept pulling a gun out of his pants "scaring the sh*t out of people."
The caller also said that "it's probably fake." Police arrived at Cudell Recreation Center and shot Tamir within seconds. Authorities later admitted the gun was not real. .
New extended footage showing the aftermath of the shooting was released on Wednesday January 7, 2015. It shows Tamir's 14-year old sister walking up to the scene before being shoved to the ground by Officer Frank Garmback, 46.
Garmback then handcuffs the girl and places her in the back of his patrol car, where she remains for the duration of the 30-minute video.
Neither Garmback or his partner Timothy Loehmann, 26, offer any medical aid to Tamir, who is still alive while on the ground. Four minutes pass before an FBI agent approaches and gives Tamir CPR. An ambulance later arrives and transports Tamir to MetroHealth Medical Center where he died 12 hours later.
The family released a statement on the new footage through Florida-based law firm Parks & Crump.
"The extended version of the Tamir Rice shooting video released this morning by the Cleveland police Department fully supports the initial account provided by the Rice family.
This video shows in crystal-clear HD that the responding officers acted inappropriately and recklessly, both in how they handled the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice and the events that immediately followed.
The family is outraged that rather than comfort a sister coming to the aid of her dying brother, the officers instead manhandled and tackled her, cuffed her and thoughtlessly tossed her in the back of a patrol car.
It is painfully obvious that these Cleveland Police Department officers lacked even the most basic elements of training."
Source: Cleveland.com
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