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[h=4]Reports find reasonable force used in Tamir Rice death[/h]CLEVELAND — A white police officer was justified in fatally shooting Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old boy who was holding a pellet gun, according to two outside reviews conducted at the request of the prosecutor investigating the death.

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New evidence released in Tamir Rice case. WKYC


Tamir Rice(Photo: Family of Tamir Rice)


CLEVELAND — A white police officer was justified in fatally shooting Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old boy who was holding a pellet gun, according to two outside reviews conducted at the request of the prosecutor investigating the death.
A retired FBI agent and a Denver prosecutor both found Timothy Loehmann, the rookie patrolman who shot Tamir, exercised a reasonable use of force because he had reason to perceive him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as a serious threat. The boy was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>described in a 911 call<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as a man waving and pointing a gun.
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office released expert reports Saturday into the November 2014 shooting.
Among the three documents released is the Ohio State Highway Patrol's recreation of the scene where he was shot at Cudell Rec Center in Cleveland.
READ: Ohio Highway Patrol Report
Two other reports, by Denver Chief Deputy District Attorney Lamar Sims and retired FBI special agent Kimberly Crawford,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were commissioned as analysis about proper use of deadly force by police.
READ: Sims Report on Use of Deadly Force
READ: Crawford Report on Use of Deadly Force
The prosecutor's office is quick to point out the need for transparency in cases of police-involved violence. They also acknowledge the lack of public-facing information in past police-involved violence cases.
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Police dispatcher in Tamir Rice case resigns




However, the Rice family believes the prosecutor's office has not practiced what they preach.
In a statement Saturday night, they said:
"The Rice family and Clevelanders have always said that they want the officers who rushed upon and killed 12-year-old Tamir held accountable. The family now believes that the prosecutor's office has been on an 11-month quest to avoid providing that accountability. Any presentation to a grand jury — without the prosecutor advocating for Tamir — is a charade. To get so-called experts to assist in the whitewash — when the world has the video of what happened — is all the more alarming.
These supposed "experts" — all pro-police — dodge the simple fact that the officers rushed Tamir and shot him immediately without assessing the situation in the least. Reasonable jurors could find that conduct unreasonable. But they will never get the chance because the prosecutor is working diligently to ensure that there is no indictment and no accountability.
"Who will speak for Tamir before the grand jury? Not the prosecutor, apparently."
In a release tonight, the prosecutor's office also sends a message to the police union, saying it operates under a double standard.
"It rightly asks the general public to have the courage to cooperate with police in serious criminal investigations, yet when the conduct of officers is being investigated, refuses to help," said the prosecutor's office.
Evidence gathering continues in the prosecutor's investigation and no conclusion has been drawn from these new reports.
The prosecutor's office says a grand jury will decide if the officer should face criminal charges.
Contributing: Associated Press
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