Clergy Wants Prosecutor in Tamir Rice Case to Step Down

A group of Cleveland clergyman want the prosecutor involved in the case of Tamir Rice death—the 12-year-old killed by two police officers in the park nearly one year ago— to "step aside."

Surveillance footage shows Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback shooting Rice to death after the boy was wielding a toy pellet gun missing an orange safety tip. 

"Why in God's name does it take an entire year to get justice for this child?" the Rev. William Myers, of the New Mount Zion Baptist Church, asked Thursday.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty was sent a letter asking him to step down and appoint an independent prosecutor to Rice's case. 

This week, when McGinty was informed that Rice's mother, Samaria Rice, wants a special prosecutor to oversee the case, told NBC affiliate WKYC that the family members are "interesting people" and "they have their own economic motives."

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