The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, asked the Justice Department on Friday to reopen the case into his death after it was closed in the waning weeks of the Trump administration. Rice’s family said in a letter to the Justice Department that it believes Trump officials were uninterested in seeking justice for him because of political reasons and made the case needlessly complicated. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The letter asks that federal prosecutors convene a grand jury to consider charges against the police officers. Advertisement“All the Rice family is asking for here is a chance for justice,” she said.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 16, 2021 14:04 UTC