“Tamir, who was formally identified by officials on Sunday afternoon, was spotted ‘waving around’ the airsoft gun at a playground next to the Ohio recreation center at 3.30pm last Saturday. A concerned man, who was sitting nearby, called 911 and told the dispatcher: ‘I’m sitting in the park…there’s a guy here with a pistol, and it’s probably a fake one, but he’s pointing it at everybody.Minutes later, two Cleveland Police officers – a rookie and a 10-15 year veteran – arrived at the scene. The rookie then asked the boy to put his hands up, at which point the …read more

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