SEE IT: New video shows Tamir Rice’s sister thrown to the ground, handcuffed after Cleveland cops shoot 12-year-old brother
The footage was released to the Northeast Ohio Media Group after city officials initially refused. The surveillance camera images show officers standing near the fallen boy but offering no first aid.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1:01 PM
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New surveillance video shows Cleveland cops tackling Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister, who came running to the aid of her 12-year-old brother after police shot him in a park.
The 30-minute clip, obtained by the Northeast Ohio Media Group after lengthy negotiations with city officials, clearly shows the girl running across snowy grass Nov. 22 at the Cudell Recreation Center. She is confronted by Officer Frank Garmback, who pushes her to the ground. Officer Timothy Loehmann, a one-year cop who shot Rice twice, joins Garmback and helps hold down the girl, the Northeast Media Group reported.
"This has to be the cruelest thing I've ever seen," said Akron attorney Walter Madison, who represents the Rice family. He also called the video "shocking and outrageous."
The 14-year-old sister of Tamir Rice, left, comes running after her brother was shot by Cleveland cops Nov. 22. The newly released video shows her being tackled, handcuffed and shoved in the back of a patrol car.
The girl is handcuffed behind her back and shoved into the back of the officer's police cruiser, where she's steps away from her dying brother, the news sitereported. The boy, who had been waving around a fake gun, was shot and later died.
In December, Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, said police had restrained her daughter with handcuffs and waited several minutes before administering first aid.
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In the new video, the officers stand around the wounded boy, who is hidden from the camera by the officer's car. An FBI agent who was in the area later appears and renders first aid. The boy is taken away in a stretcher 13 minutes later, but the image has been blurred and it's not apparent whether Tamir is alive or dead at that point.
Northeast Ohio Media Group had been arguing for weeks with city officials to obtain the surveillance video. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's administration initially refused the organization's request.
APTamir Rice, 12, was shot to death by a Cleveland cop after waving a fake gun.
Cleveland officials had no comment.
Rice's death, along with the fatal police shootings of Missouri's Michael Brown and New York's Eric Garner, have fueled angry demonstrations across the country by protesters accusing police of racism against black suspects.
The officers standing around Tamir showed "overwhelming indifference," said Madison. "No one thinks it's appropriate to try to save him. The first person who does (the FBI agent) is not affiliated with the Cleveland Police Department."
