, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to conclusively establish what had happened.a high-profile shooting that helped galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement
The officers were called to the recreation center after a man drinking beer and waiting for a bus had called 911 to report that a “guy” was pointing a gun at people. The caller told a 911 dispatcher that it was probably a juvenile and the gun might be “fake,” though that information was never relayed to the officers.
In this case, the Justice Department said poor-quality surveillance video recorded in the area where the shooting took place prevented prosecutors from being able to conclusively determine whether Rice was or was not reaching for his toy gun just prior to being shot. In addition, they said, though the positioning of the boy’s arms suggests they were in the vicinity of his waist, “his hands are not visible in the video and it cannot be determined from the video what he was doing.”
Inconsistent witness statements also complicated any prosecution, and neither person said they saw exactly what Rice was doing just before the shooting, according to the Justice Department.
You have to be out of your mind if you think white people will hold white cops accountable for killing a 12 year old black child. They will arrest a while person unharmed carrying a real gun but will shoot a black child carrying a toy guns in e seconds....FACT!!!!!
Shameful, he was a innocent little boy and he was shot, because the cop didn’t take a few seconds to analyze the situation
What a shock.
Another Black child murdered at the hands of White Badge wearing law enforcement officers, sworn to protect and serve, WHOM?!!!
What’s new with this administration! One guarantee though, every one of them will stand before their maker to account for their deeds while they were on earth trampling on people’s rights to live!
Sure just let the police to continue to kill. No accountability ever
Hypothetically speaking, if I 'accidentally' killed a 12-year-old child, it wouldn't matter if I were prosecuted by the Federal Government because I would have already killed myself. Hypothetically speaking.
I feel physically sick for this sweet boy’s family. There was no excuse for this, in any reasonable universe and it’s disgraceful.
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