The police, prosecutor, and judges are distrusted by Cleveland’s citizenry perhaps more than almost anywhere else in the U.S. The investigation of the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a trigger-happy cop dragged out for months. Now, the prosecutor says he’s going to hand over the case to a grand jury, even though grand juries all over the country (except in South Carolina) have repetitively refused to indict killer cops. The citizens have had enough. They’re going to prosecute these cops themselves.
“A group of civil rights leaders, activists and clergy plans to seek arrest warrants for two police officers involved in the shooting death of [Tamir Rice]. … The group plans to make court filings Tuesday under an Ohio law allowing private citizens with knowledge of a case to file affidavits charging an offense and asking a judge to issue arrest warrants.”
I’m not sure that’s a good idea, but what are people supposed to do, when there’s no other way to get justice? By the way, you never hear of white kids being gunned down by cops, because it doesn’t happen. Read the story here.