Tamir Rice protesters march on home of Cleveland prosecutor, demand resignation

Prosecutors who recommended bringing no charges against two officers in the shooting of Tamir Rice said they were required to reveal to a grand jury they didn’t think a conviction was possible.

Protesters upset by a decision not to indict two white police officers in the shooting death of a 12-year-old black boy marched to the home of the Cleveland prosecutor on Friday and called on him to resign.

“New year, no more!” protesters chanted.

A march leader told protesters not to vandalize the McGinty’s home.

“Prosecutor McGinty deliberately sabotaged the case, never advocating for my son, and acting instead like the police officers’ defense attorney”, Samaria Rice wrote in a statement following the news of the non-indictment.

Through a spokesman, McGinty declined to comment.

Protesters late on Friday called for Tim McGinty’s resignation since the announcement earlier this week.

Stay on topic – This helps keep the thread focused on the discussion at hand. Once there, they lay prostrate on the sidewalk for four minutes: the time the boy lay unattended after he was shot on 23 November 2014.

A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office deemed the teen’s death a “monumental tragedy” and tied the incident to several mistakes made by police officers in Cleveland. The size of crowds dwindled from more than 100 people on Monday, after the grand jury’s decision, to between 45 and 50 on Wednesday, Williams said.

“While the grand jury and the prosecutor have spoken, there remains a multitude of fundamental, unanswered questions”.

Since grand jury members are regular people that had a direct encounter with witnesses and based their decision on evidence, people who question that decision question their own neighbors, the man added.

He said it was “indisputable” that Tamir was drawing the pistol from his waistband when he was gunned down.

Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice within seconds of reaching the park in response to reports of a person with a gun.

On Dec. 31, the mayor pledged to find solutions to ensure public safety without infringing the residents’ First Amendment rights, if protesters plan to continue their actions.