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| Tamir Rice: US judge requests charges for police | |
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| A policeman who shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland, Ohio, should be charged with murder, says a judge. | A policeman who shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in Cleveland, Ohio, should be charged with murder, says a judge. |
| Tamir Rice was shown on CCTV waving a pellet gun outside a recreation centre last November, before being shot twice. He later died in hospital. | Tamir Rice was shown on CCTV waving a pellet gun outside a recreation centre last November, before being shot twice. He later died in hospital. |
| Judge Ron Adrine said there were sufficient grounds to prosecute Officer Timothy Loehmann with murder, manslaughter and reckless homicide. | Judge Ron Adrine said there were sufficient grounds to prosecute Officer Timothy Loehmann with murder, manslaughter and reckless homicide. |
| It will now be up to prosecutors to decide whether there will be charges. | It will now be up to prosecutors to decide whether there will be charges. |
| Community leaders and activists this week had taken the unusual step of requesting the court to look at the case. | Community leaders and activists this week had taken the unusual step of requesting the court to look at the case. |
| The judge also said another police officer, Frank Garmback, should face criminal charges. | The judge also said another police officer, Frank Garmback, should face criminal charges. |
| Police have maintained that Rice's pellet gun looked real and that they asked him to raise his hands three times. | Police have maintained that Rice's pellet gun looked real and that they asked him to raise his hands three times. |
| But his family said video footage shows the police acted too quickly after arriving at the scene. | But his family said video footage shows the police acted too quickly after arriving at the scene. |
| Recordings of radio communications reveal a police officer at the scene describing Tamir Rice as aged "maybe 20" after the shooting. | Recordings of radio communications reveal a police officer at the scene describing Tamir Rice as aged "maybe 20" after the shooting. |
| Rice's death sparked protests in Cleveland, at a time when the deaths of black men at the hands of police had sparked a national debate. | Rice's death sparked protests in Cleveland, at a time when the deaths of black men at the hands of police had sparked a national debate. |