Tamir Rice (June 25, 2002 – November 23, 2014) was a 12-year-old African American boy whose fatal shooting by Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann became a national symbol of police violence against children and intensified the Black Lives Matter movement . On November 22, 2014, Tamir was playing with an Airsoft pellet gun outside the Cudell Recreation Center in Cleveland, Ohio. A 911 caller noted the gun was "probably fake," but the dispatcher omitted that detail when alerting police . Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback arrived, and within two seconds of exiting their patrol car, Loehmann fired, striking Tamir in the torso . He died the next day, on November 23, 2014, at age 12 . A Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to indict either officer in December 2015, despite a municipal judge's opinion that there was probable cause for charges . The city of Cleveland later paid $6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Tamir's family . The U.S. Department of Justice conducted a review of Cleveland police practices following his death, citing a pattern of excessive force . Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, has since become an advocate for police reform and children's safety .

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