Perhaps most troubling, Tamir Rice’s 14-year-old sister can be seen rushing toward the body of her brother. Police respond swiftly, tackling Samaria Rice to the ground, handcuffing her, and putting her into the back of the police car.
Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback are then seen standing around the boy’s body without administering aid. A FBI agent arrives on the scene four minutes after the shooting, and only then does the boy receive medical care.
Paramedics arrived on the scene eight minutes after the shooting, and Tamir was taken away on a stretcher a full 13 minutes after the shooting.
“No one thinks that it’s appropriate to try to save him,” says Walter Madison, the Rice family attorney.
The extended video was released only after repeated requests by Northeast Ohio Media Group.
Tamir Rice was fatally shot by police on November 22, after officers responded to an emergency call claiming Rice had a gun. Police opened fire after mistaking Rice’s toy gun for the real thing, even though the 911 caller said it might be a toy.
Timothy Loehmann, the officer who killed Rice, had a record of mental instability and prior instances of use of excessive force.
The Tamir Rice shooting was one of several instances last year in which police were accused of using excessive force against minorities. Since the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, protests have erupted across the country demanding police accountability.
