The Courage of The
Collective. Without Community, there is no Liberation. Justice for Tamir Rice.
A group of community leaders, clergy and civil
rights activists on Tuesday plan to announce they've filed affidavits seeking
charges against two Cleveland police officers involved in the killing of
12-year-old Tamir Rice.
The group, led by the Rev. Jawanza K. Colvin and
Case Western Reserve University professor Rhonda Williams, plans to use an
obscure state law that allows citizens with knowledge of the facts of a case to
compel a judge to issue an arrest warrant.
The group is expected to file several affidavits
Tuesday seeking charges of murder and manslaughter against officers
Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback for their roles in the Nov. 22 shooting
outside Cudell Recreation Center. The move is an attempt to
sidestep Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty who
will present the case to a grand jury, a process that could take
weeks.
Community leaders and attorneys for Tamir's family have complained about
the length of the investigation, now nearing its sixth month. The investigation
was turned over to McGinty's office just last week after the Cuyahoga County
Sheriff's Department announced it had completed an independent fact-gathering
investigation.
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