05-05-2015, 07:42 AM
(05-04-2015, 08:16 PM)ramseycat Wrote: WHYYYYYY haven't they buried that child? What possible reason could they have for holding the body??
It's not clear to me whether the police are prohibiting the burial of Tamir, or if the family is afraid to bury him before the criminal investigation is complete in case he needs to be examined again. Either way, it's sad.
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The two officers involved, Timothy Loehmann and his partner Frank Garmback, have asked a federal judge to halt the family's federal civil rights lawsuit while the sheriff completes an independent criminal investigation. Neither have been charged in Rice's death. City attorneys argued in Loehmann and Garmback's motion that they fear their answers in the federal investigation may self-incriminate them in the criminal case, "where the stakes are significantly higher and their liberty is directly at risk."
If the officers get their wish, the family worries that more delay would weaken their case, as eyewitnesses’ memories fade.
"Plaintiffs (Rice family) are incurring expense daily and are unsure if they can finally rest Tamir Rice due to the pending investigation," the motion says. "A stay would exacerbate this expense and emotional distress." Samaria Rice, Tamir's mother, is now living in a homeless shelter because she "could no longer live next door to the killing field of her son.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/12170...ce-killing