City of Cleveland says Tamir Rice died because he failed "to exercise due care to avoid injury."

[dixiegrrrrl]

then sends grieving family the bill for the ambulance that the police called.

First, a Cleveland police officer shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy pellet gun in a public park.

Then the city said the boy's death was his own fault.

And now Cleveland has charged the Rice family for his final ambulance ride.

That latest development, coming on Wednesday nearly 15 months after Tamir's death, stirred up fresh outrage -- not just from his family, but from the Cleveland police union that's fought them tooth and nail to clear the officers involved in the shooting.

"Subodh Chandra and I have never agreed on anything until now," police union President Steve Loomis told CNN affiliate WJW, referring to the Rice family's lawyer. "It is unconscionable that the city of Cleveland would send that bill to the Rice family.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/us/tamir-rice-shooting/index.html

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Not Getting That

The union chief is the one who says the city is wrong on this. Yeah, they fought to keep charges from being filed, but it's not like the city was gung ho on doing it anyway.

How is this a union problem?

[Rex]

3. So you didn't read the article?

Your reply says NO.

[gratuitous]

4. Exactly!

Why isn't the police union siding with the City of Cleveland in trying to recoup the expenses Tamir Rice cost the city? And why haven't they charged the family for the bullets the police had to use? Those things aren't free, you know.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Insult to Injury and No Justice

[TipTok]

6. Who is the deciding authority when it comes to the decision to bill or waive the cost...

... of the ambulance?

City? Mayor? Hospital? Private Ambulance service?

[GoCubsGo]

8. Oh, FFS! He was 12-years-old and playing in a park!!!

What 12-year-old is going "exercise due care to avoid injury"? WTF is wrong with these people???

[HughBeaumont]

10. Right, he failed to comply with officer's orders and pulled on his shirt.

Oh wait, that first part didn't happen . . . because not only did the officer's bullshit story (one which should have landed them perjury charges) not reconcile with the incredibly brief time period of the assault (1.7 seconds), there's no way Tamir could have complied even if it DID happen, as neither officer could have possibly made 3-4 commands legible enough to be understood.

Never mind the fact that both of these idiots with their drive-by tactics not only put themselves in harm's way, but their surroundings. An armed suspect, especially one whose firearm might or might not be real, is best dealt with at a distance, with commands to surrender your position and weapon while surrounded; you don't need to be a cop to work that out.

Timothy Loehmann already had his gun unholstered and ready to fire before opening his door. This went beyond irresponsibility and ventured into murder and these fucks got away with it.