CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
Less than 24 hours after a Cuyahoga County grand jury decided not to indict Officers Frank Garmback and Timothy Loehmann in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson held a second news conference regarding Monday’s decision.
“A wrong has been done. Now, whether that wrong is legal, or whether that wrong is administrative, the fact is a 12-year-old has lost his life, and it should not have happened. It simply should not have happened,” said Jackson.
Following the grand jury’s announcement, Jackson and Police Chief Calvin Williams explained the next steps in the city’s administrative review, now that the criminal part of the case is complete. The mayor says the city is in constant contact right now with community leaders and local clergy to deal with reaction to the grand jury’s decision not to indict the officers responsible for Tamir Rice’s shooting death. Speaking from the mayor’s conference room, Jackson and Williams said they will not be pressured by outside influences while conducting their administrative review.
“Now that the criminal portion of this incident has concluded, the city will begin an administrative review to determine if policies and procedures were violated. We will conduct this review in an honest and transparent way with due process at its core – not just process,” said Jackson.
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