, LEADING THE WAY, THIS IS WLWT
NEWS FIVE AT NOON.
MARK: RIGHT NOW, SIX-MONTH AND
NO ANSWERS.
THE FAMILY OF YOUNG TEEN SHOT
AND KILLED IN CLEVELAND ARE
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS-THE
FAMILY OF A 12 EURO SHOT AND
KILLED BY CLEVELAND POLICE IN
NOVEMBER IS TALKING ABOUT THE
CASE.
KYLA
: THE MOTHER IS COMMENTING
ON THE INVESTIGATION.
I WILL SHOW UP ANOTHER TIME.
IF YOU HONOR
GOD IN WHAT I'M
TRYING TO SAY, LET ME SAY THIS
-- I WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT I
AM
STANDING HERE AGAIN TODAY
BECAUSE IF IT WAS ONE OF MY
THREE SONS, I WOULD WANT DR.
VERNON, THE MAYOR, THE
PROSECUTOR, THE SHERIFF TO STAND
FOR JUSTICE FOR ME.
I AM HERE WITH MY WIFE.
I AM HERE WITH THE BACKING OF
THE CHURCH AND I AM HERE AS
SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN THE
PROJECTS OF CLEVELAND AND HAVE
GIVEN MY LIFE TO THIS CITY TO
SAY THAT I STAND WITH MS. RICE.
IN CLOSING I WOULD ASK THIS
QUESTION -- I WOULD ASK MYSELF,
I WOULD ASK A MAYOR, I WOULD ASK
THE SHERIFF, I WOULD ASK THE
PROSECUTOR, IN THE SPIRIT OF DR.
KING, WILL WE BE COWARDS?
WILL WE DO WHAT IS EXPEDIENT?
WILL WE DO ITS POPULAR?
I ASKED THE MEDIA AND EVERYONE
WATCHING ACROSS THE WORLD AND IN
CLEVELAND, WILL WE DO WHAT IS
RIGHT?
THANK YOU.
FROM AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
,
IT WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING WHO
SAID JUSTICE DELAY IS JUSTICE
DENIED.
TAMERA'S MOTHER AND I WERE AT
AT THE NAACP DINNER IN
DETROIT, MICHIGAN LAST NIGHT
ALONG WITH VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN.
VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID IT IS
TIME IN AMERICA THAT WE HAVE TO
HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE, NOT JUST FOR
SOME PEOPLE, BUT FOR ALL PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE
NOT JUST FOR SOME CHILDREN, WE
HAVE TO HAVE EQUAL JUSTICE FOR
ALL CHILDREN.
MARK: THAT IS THE
ATTORNEY FOR
THE RICE FAMILY.
WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE
MOTHER OF TAMERE
RICE AS THEY
DEMAND ACTION BEING TAKEN IN
THIS CASE.
LET'S BRING IN TODD DIKES.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOMETIME SINCE
THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE.
TODD: ORGANIZERS SAY THE PURPOSE
OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS TO
CALL FORCE WITH JUSTICE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING
DEATH OF TAMIR RICE WHO WAS SHOT
AND KILLED OUTSIDE A REC CENTER.
THE OFFICER WHO FIRED THE FATAL
SHOT DEAD WITHIN TWO SECONDS OF
ARRIVING AT THE SCENE.
HE AND ANOTHER OFFICER THOUGHT
RICE HAD ANOTHER WEAPON BUT THE
12-YEAR-OLD WAS HOLDING AN AIR
GUN.
THE COVERAGE IS BEING HELD BY
THE ATTORNEYS OF RICE'S FAMILY
WHO HAVE FILED A WRONGFUL DEATH
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE OFFICERS
INVOLVED.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IN CUYAHOGA
COUNTY HAS RULED THE DEATH
HOMICIDE.
JUST LAST MONTH, INVESTIGATORS
RETURNED TO THE SHOOTING SITE TO
TRY TO RE-CREATE WHAT TOOK
PLACE.
CHARGES COULD BE FILED DEPENDING
ON THE OUTCOME OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
THAT NEWS CONFERENCE IS UN
FOLDING RIGHT NOW.
THE ATTORNEY MENTIONED HE HAD
HEARD FROM VICE PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN LAST NIGHT DURING AN NAACP
MEETING CALLING FOR EQUAL
JUSTICE.
THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE HERE AND
A LOT ON THE LINE.
ATTORNEYS FOR THE RICE FAMILY
ARE PRESSING FORCE WITH JUSTICE.
WE WILL SEND IT ACTED YOU AND WE
WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE NEWS
CONFERENCE.
KYLA: THANK YOU.