Prosecutor Announces No Charges In Tamir Rice Case

By Karoli Kuns — December 28, 2015

As expected, Tamir Rice's killer will walk away free, with no stain on his record for shooting a 12-year old boy.

Now: Prosecutor Matt Meyer showing toy gun and saying red marking on barrel was removed: pic.twitter.com/uIyYjR5Iu7

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

Prosecutor in Rice case now saying:

"He appeared to be much older than he really was...5"7, 170 lbs, size 12 shoes, XL men's jacket."

Wow.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

Prosecutor Matt Meyer cites unnamed associate of Tamir Rice saying he would sometimes pull the toy gun out "like a robber."

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

McGinty cites "perfect storm of human error, mistakes and human error."that "did not indicate criminal conduct by the officers." #TamirRice

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 28, 2015

"Indisputable" that Tamir Rice was drawing his gun when police approached, says prosecutor Tim McGinty.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

McGinty claims enhancement of the surveillance video "proves Tamir was drawing his 'gun' on officers" as they rolled up on him. #TamirRice

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 28, 2015

The Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice will not face criminal charges. Second verse, same as the first. https://t.co/dQYEIlmx4M

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 28, 2015

Now: Prosecutor in Tamir Rice case displays a toy and real gun to show how close they can appear: pic.twitter.com/A5GqBNiACW

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

McGinty: "we too want justice for Tamir, but justice does not mean bringing indictments not sustained by the law."

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 28, 2015

Word to the wise: Open Carry, even if it's only a toy, is only for white people. https://t.co/TPpCxOMKXS https://t.co/tNSLrBMezD

— digby (@digby56) December 28, 2015

If you want to watch a bunch of grown men blame a 12-year-old boy for his own death, you can watch the presser here. https://t.co/hHkZARiLFZ

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 28, 2015

This was my immediate response to the claim "enhanced video" showed that 12-year old boy pulling out his toy gun.

This is utter bullshit. “enhancement” must have meant adding footage. https://t.co/p5Esulaqtv

— Karoli (@Karoli) December 28, 2015

McGinty has been telegraphing this outcome for a long time, but that doesn't make it any less painful. It's pretty clear he took a page out of the Ferguson playbook.

This prosecutor press conference offers a sense of kind of aggressive presentation the Grand Jury heard for this case.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 28, 2015

Here's the video again. It's graphic, but if you want to see how they play with the truth, watch.

Update:

Let this be a lesson to open-carrying black adults and children who play with toys that look like guns.

https://twitter.com/JuanMThompson/status/681553648523018240

Prosecutor McGinty says Rice should have known better before playing in the park, because he "looked older"

— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) December 28, 2015

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