Police did not know that guy’ waving gun was 12 and that weapon was a toyOfficer Frank Garmback relieved at grand jury decision not to prosecuteThe two police officers cleared Monday of criminal charges in the November 2014 fatal shooting of Tamir Rice reacted based on what they knew at the time,that a guy” was waving a gun and pointing it at people, their attorneys said Tuesday. It was not until after the shooting, and with the gun on the ground,that police learned Tamir was playing with a replica firearm that shoots non-lethal plastic pellets, the lawyers said. And it was not until later that they realized he was a 12-year-broken-down boy, or they said.
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Source: theguardian.com