New Video Of Tamir Rice Shooting Shows Police Arresting Sister, Delaying First Aid

[laserhaas]

Source: Huffington Post

Previously unreleased surveillance footage surrounding the police shooting of a boy in Cleveland shows authorities forcing the young victim's 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffing her and putting her in a patrol car.

The video, obtained by Cleveland.com and released on Wednesday, also indicates that Cleveland Police waited four minutes before administering first aid to the dying 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice.

WARNING: The video above contains content unsuitable for some audiences.



Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/new-video-tamir-rice_n_6436040.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000021

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[bravenak]

1. Murderers!nt

[laserhaas]

2. Did you see the Discussion thread about Cleveland manager who resigned

This stuff is infuriating.

Wonderful to see people do the right thing;
and pray the wrongs are held accountable.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026056729

[bravenak]

3. I saw that.

Looking at his list of greivances, I would have left too.

[randys1]

26. I cant watch this video, I hate cops enough as it is

[bravenak]

27. I watched a little bit.

Had to stop, too much violence is fucking with me.

[randys1]

28. It better god damn stop and it better stop soon, or else.

[bravenak]

29. For real. I'm getting pissed!

[laserhaas]

31. :) - nothing more relevant, than a righteously pee'd of liberal

I'm a grown man who weeps more in the last few years

than most of my entire life!

[bravenak]

32. Me too. I have been crying so much this last year, it's crazy.

You should have seen me watching the last two seasons of Game of Thrones.
Oberyn!!!!!!

[laserhaas]

36. Ha Ha -- Game of thrones tears......

I'm a sap too - for good movie thingys.

Watched Imitation and Dr. Hawking's movies the last 2 days.


Glad to be able to get back to Taken and stuff this weekend...

[bravenak]

37. Taken 3?

I'm ready for Liam Neeson any time.

[laserhaas]

38. Yup--- Dbl feature night

Taken

and then Selma

[bravenak]

40. Awesome!!

I'm going to try to get to both soon, too. Have a great movie night. If you go to the theater, wear cargo pants and stuff yr candy in the pockets.

[laserhaas]

41. Ha... It's 2 Wendy's sandwichs and a Coke

We are very frugal....

[BrotherIvan]

10. That is cold blooded murder

And then denying aide to the victim, both of these officers should be charged.

[laserhaas]

12. What would they have done - if it were the mother rushing to her dying son!

Think of this being one of your family!

Shheeesssshhhh!

[BrotherIvan]

14. It's so cruel, it's beyond words

Why did the girl need to be handcuffed? Why was she put in the car? What on earth can we do to make sure this never happens again??

[laserhaas]

19. Their obvious excuse was - (as it should have been concerning Tamir)

that they are to mitigate dynamics.

But it's all B.S.

[bravenak]

25. Yes, they should.

I see why the case got handed over. The hired the biggest loser the could find.

[uppityperson]

4. The cops wander around for over a minute, never touching Tamir except once with foot, then sister

comes running and they shove her down, then couple minutes to shove her into back of cop car. No one touches or even bends down to check Tamir until 4 minutes have passed and even then it is minimal. Incredible.

11 minutes and someone shows up with what looks like a first aid kit. Gurney shows up at 12 min. Wheeled off right before 14 min. I can't watch more.

[laserhaas]

5. It is inhuman - morose - behavior

shocking the conscience beyond compare.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. "forcing her to the ground"? It looked more like they body slammed her.

Were they just waiting for Tamir to bleed out before they did anything?

[laserhaas]

8. It is like "look, we've already shot him - he's going to die - you can't touch the scene"

callous disregard for human life and feelings.

[Blue_Tires]

13. That mindset is easy when the lives of black folks don't matter...

[laserhaas]

17. And that's the mindset which vexes me most. Like a med student dissecting a frog

and working their way up to a cadaver... Police shoot one here, then one there, choke one -- another dies in jail ---- Then it's open season and shoot anyone who dares to question.

I'm just sayin....

[laserhaas]

7. They say its a protocol to stop lawsuits from happening. Why not just shoot him again

and make sure he's dead?

We can't touch him = because the family may sue U.S.

As if the original shooting is presumed as already getting Off 'Scot Free'.

[Chakab]

9. The comments that I've seen on Youtube and other sites that claim that the video supports

the officers' version of events just boggle the mind.

First off, the video exposed several lies in the initial statement.

Secondly, it clearly shows that Rice was shot before the car even came to a stop.

This shows the deeply ingrained the racist/authoritarian mentally that leads people to justify any action on the part of the police. If person can look at that video and earnestly claim that the actions of the officers were justified, you can't even begin to have a debate.

[laserhaas]

11. What amazes me about this and Mike Brown's affair

is the violation of common sense and protocols

You don't rush your vehicle into close proximity of an altercation.

ABSURD!

[Chakab]

15. Violation of common sense also applies to the cop who shot John Crawford.

They were told that there was a possible active shooter who was brandishing a weapon. However, when they arrived on the scene it should have been clear that there was no panic in the store, there were no scared people huddling inside of the store or in the parking lot, and the "shooter" was talking on his cell phone and looking at items on a shelf while using the gun as crutch. In spite of all of this, the officer still shot Crawford on sight without even giving him a chance to show that he wasn't a threat.

...and I'm still at all loss to understand why no changes were filled against the prick who made the bogus 911 call in the first place.

[laserhaas]

18. You are correct. - The moronic perpetrator thirsting for melodrama

Who started the whole mess.

Took us a long time to ferret out the full video of the Fullerton Police beating to death of homeless man Kelly Thomas.

Cop got off, cause the charges were stupid
(can't charge murder when father has the plug pulled)

But the person who called in, from a restaurant, giving false statement that Thomas was breaking into cars (because they hate homeless people hanging out at the bus depot).

NEVER was charged!

Intolerable!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

45. YouTube comments are second only to YahooNews comments in their vile RWness.

[KeepItReal]

16. They left that little boy to die.

And have the nerve to tackle his sister, cuff her, and throw her in the squad car!?!?

[laserhaas]

20. I guess we're lucky they didn't shoot her too.

...

What would you do - if you interviewed this shooter - afterwards?

[KeepItReal]

24. Ask the cop how the perp got so close to the cruiser? How many times did you warn him?

An engagement that close to the cruiser cannot be standard operating procedure for an armed confrontation.

If it were really an active shooter, they would have driven into a hail of bullets.

Unless they were trying to overwhelm the perp, shock and awe style. Again - is that standard operating procedure?

[The Wizard]

21. Without accountability

the social fabric breaks down and chaos ensues.

[Stuart G]

22. Question. How wil the politicians and the system react to this video?

Will the Superintendent of Police get fired for poor training methods?
Will the cops immediate supervisors get fired for letting the boy lay for four minutes without aid?
Will the cops be fired for what they did in this video?..

Just asking..cause I do not know what the truth in this video will do..

[blackspade]

23. They LET him fucking die!?

Fucking asshole murderers.

I guess it's easier to explain it away if their victim is dead.

[workinclasszero]

30. Thats right folks.

They knocked his grief stricken sister to the ground and handcuffed her as her 12 year old brother lay bleeding to death just feet away

And those bastards did not lift a finger to help that poor kid as he lay dying with his toy gun.

NOTHING!

[KeepItReal]

34. Only a real cop, a passerby FBI Agent, rendered aid to the child

I want to hear from that agent.

[laserhaas]

35. Me too!

[mcar]

33. Complete disregard for human lives

I saw this on tonight's news. What those children experienced goes beyond cruel and into depraved.

I don't hold out much hope that these cops will be charged but it begs the question: just who should we turn our backs on?

[laserhaas]

39. The problem is - we turn our backs too often.

Have to make sure we push this thing to the proper pathway.

[Jesus Malverde]

42. Surveillance cameras

Who knew they were for watching cops. Their narratives typically have been believed until now. Makes a compelling case for body cameras.

[Hutzpa]

43. I challenge anyone to watch this video and not feel infuriated

by what they're seeing taking place, besides the fact that they completely ignored the boy lying on the ground, they arrested his older sister for grieving, that is the only thing I can see she did wrong that got her arrested.

I'm fucking infuriated about this.

[Non-Automatic_Belief]

44. Horrible n/t

[PersonNumber503602]

46. I wasn't too sure what to think of this story until I saw video

That boy was killed because of the way the police approached the situation. They went in there acting as if they were soldiers in a war zone approaching a known hostile target. Had they approached the situation as police officers approaching a citizen of the community they work for, this would have had a totally different outcome.

[Stuart G]

47. k and r..no text...speaks more than can be imagined...

[Madmiddle]

48. We can't let this keep happening.

It's like Nazi Germany only these assholes don't even ask for papers, they just kill you. So, in a lot of ways it's even worse, because the only thing that will stop it is for citizens to fight back.

[Trillo]

49. So the cops lied, and they murdered in cold blood once again.

Slave patrols apparently still exist.