On Tuesday evening, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty made public the statements made by the two police officers involved in Tamir Rice’s death. This release comes days after two new reports concluded that Rice’s death was completely avoidable.
Controversy has continued to surround the case, with Rice’s family calling for a special prosecutor to be called in to replace McGinty. The family believes McGinty has a favorable bias towards police. McGinty also previously suggested that the family was pursuing the case for monetary reasons, not for justifce.
Following the release of the officers’ statements, the Rice family released a statement of their own expressing their frustration with the officers receiving special treatment.
