Tamir Rice's mother tells how cops tackled her daughter as she rushed towards 12-year-old brothers body after he was killed by cops - Samaria Rice claims her 14-year-old daughter was tackled and cuffed as she ran to see her brother
- Speaking on ABC News, Rice said that she wants convictions for the two officers who responded
- Tamir Rice was fatally shot by officer Timothy Loehmann after 'waving around' a fake gun in a Cleveland park on November 22
- Last week, 200 mourners gathered for the boy's funeral
- Loehmann previously worked for the Independence police but left after his seniors said he lacked maturity and did not follow instructions
- A grand jury will now decide whether or not to bring charges
By Lydia Warren for MailOnline and Associated Press
Published: 16:16 GMT, 8 December 2014 | Updated: 01:34 GMT, 9 December 2014
The distraught older sister of 12-year-old Tamir Rice was tackled, handcuffed and held in the back of a police car in plain view of her grievously wounded brother, their mother claimed today.
Speaking for the first time since she buried her son, Samaria Rice also demanded indictments, trials and convictions for officers, Frank Garmback, 46 and Tim Loehmann, 26, who shot her son dead on November 22 in a Cleveland, Ohio park.
Speaking to ABC News, Samaria said that when she arrived at the park in a frantic state she saw her 14-year-old daughter languishing in the back of the same squad car that the officers arrived at the park in before the shot the boy dead.
'I couldn't believe they tackled her and put her in handcuffs and in the back of the same police car that was on the grass that the officer got out of and shot her brother so my daughter is sitting there looking at her brother on the ground,' Rice said this morning.
Having already filed a wrongful death suit, Samaria has said she wants both the officers to be held accountable for what they have done.
'I'm looking for a conviction for both of the officers,' she said to ABC News.
Her attorney is Benjamine Crump, who represented the parents of Michael Brown in Ferguson has said that the blame lies with the police.
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