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Tomiko Shine holds up a picture of Tamir Rice during a protest in Washington, DC.
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The Cleveland police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice while he was playing with a pellet gun in a park, setting off nationwide protests, face administrative charges that they violated department policy, officials announced Friday.
Hearings must still be held to determine whether the alleged violations, which range from “application process, all the way to use-of-force violations,” officials told reporters.
A grand jury in 2015 declined to file charges against Officer Timothy Loehmann, who opened fire, his partner, Frank Garmback, and a third officer who arrived on the scene, William Cunningham.
The case unfolded in 2014, when a caller told 911 dispatchers that a male was pointing a gun at people that was “probably fake.” The handgun replica turned out to be a pellet gun.
In April, the city settled a federal lawsuit brought by Tamir's family for $6 million.
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