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November 24, 2014

Cleveland Police Fatally Shoot 12-Year Old Boy Holding Toy Pellet Gun 
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As Ferguson waits to see if Officer Wilson will be charged, at least two
more unarmed African-Americans have been killed in police shootings
nationwide. On Saturday, 12-year old Tamir Rice was shot dead in a
Cleveland park. Rice had been playing with a toy gun. Witnesses had
called police warning he was waving it around, but at least one also
stressed it was "probably fake." An officer ordered Rice to put his
hands up but then shot him when he reached for the toy. Rice's killing
comes months after police in Beavercreek, Ohio fatally shot 22-year old
John Crawford after he picked up a toy gun inside a Wal-Mart.

 

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