ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Tamir failed a very important intelligence test.


According to information reported to the press on the day of the shooting by Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Jeffrey Follmer, "[Loehmann and Garmback] pulled into the parking lot and saw a few people sitting underneath a pavilion next to the center. [Loehmann] saw a black gun sitting on the table, and he saw the boy pick up the gun and put it in his waistband."[24] Also on that date, Cleveland Deputy Chief Tomba stated, "The officer got out of the car and told the boy to put his hands up. The boy reached into his waistband, pulled out the gun and [Loehmann] fired two shots."

Jesus Christ, Biggie. Get a clue.

What you copied and pasted is old news, complete bullshit, and it's been debunked for years already. It's YOU who failed the intelligence test here today.

Follmer made those false claims on behalf of the two officers in order to justify the shooting BEFORE the park surveillance video (which neither Follmer nor the cops knew existed) was released. Tamir was, in fact, all alone in the pavilion and the toy gun was not on the table, nor was it being brandished, when the cops rolled up. That's fact, not debatable, captured on video, and acknowledged in the $6,000,000 settlement Cleveland PD paid to the Rice family.

After Follmer's false narrative was busted open by the surveillance video, the cops changed their story and explained the improper approach by saying the grass was slippery and they didn't mean to roll right up on him. But, once they did, 12-year-old Tamir made the wrong movements and failed to properly follow commands in under 2 seconds (we don't have audio to know what, if any, commands he received from the rolling police car). The cops were thus deemed reasonably in fear for their lives in their minds.

If you would like to educate yourself and discuss the Tamir Rice case further, please take it to the dedicated case thread, Biggie. You can find it here: http://mockforums.net/showthread.php?tid...tamir+rice

Also, citing or linking your sources when you copy and paste in LC's Cell Block is not optional, it's absolutely required. Please don't be lazy or unethical with such a simple and common sense requirement in here; we respect LC's rules of the crime forum. (On the rest of the board, proper attribution adherence is up to Duchess, Mags, and Username).