CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said Monday.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was "indisputable" that the boy was gunned down while drawing the pistol from his waistband — either to hand the weapon over to police or to show them it wasn't real. But McGinty said the officer and
CLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun, a prosecutor said Monday.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was "indisputable" that the boy was gunned down while drawing the pistol from his waistband — either to hand the weapon over to police or to show them it wasn't real. But McGinty said the officer and his partner had no…
