The two Cleveland police officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice did not administer first aid after they shot him down, according to Cleveland officials.
It took almost four minutes before a detective and an FBI agent arrived on the scene and administered first aid on the boy, who was eventually rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries, local station WEWS‑TV reported.
Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice on Saturday after he and another officer pulled up to a gazebo where Rice had been spotted playing with a toy gun. Police say the two were unaware of Rice’s age and that the gun was harmless.
Authorities released video of the shooting on Wednesday at the behest of Rice’s parents.
The footage revealed the few seconds it took for the officers to pull up their car and shoot Rice down. It did not show the following minutes in which they reportedly failed to administer first aid.
A spokesperson for the mayor said both officers are under investigation.
Not only did the officers not give first aid apparently but from what I saw on a grainy video they didn’t even say anything as the time between their arrival and shots fired was seconds only. They shot from inside their car. No announcement of “OK, hands up, drop the weapon!!” Just pull up to the gazebo and shoot. Then they appear to exit the car and back away from the kid with pistols pointed at him.
Well, Geez!!
If they’d administered first aid right away, the child might have lived.
That would have necessitated a return trip so the cops could shoot him again.
Shoot him in the hospital?? Hmmm (strokes chin)…I can see that in today’s climate.
Exactly. We’re running this race war on budget. We can no longer afford to act like this is the 60’s and we’re just made of money.
Cleveland taxpayers can now look forward to a very large monetary settlement on behalf of Tamir Rice. The police, nation wide, need to reined in and retrained. This killing of unarmed citizens, particularly African Americans, has got to stop.