$450 for not saving his life and $50 for milage from the ambulance ride 
Cleveland sues Tamir Rice's family for his ambulance bill
GRAHAM RAYMAN, LEONARD GREENE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS02/10/2016 8:14 PM ET
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Police shooting of Tamir Rice
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This takes adding insult to injury to a whole new level.
The city of Cleveland, whose cops shot and killed a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, over a toy gun, has billed the family for emergency medical services.
According to the creditor’s claim filed Wednesday in probate court, Rice’s family still owes the city $500 for the ambulance and paramedics who tried to save Tamir’s life after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.
The notice, filed just six weeks after a grand jury declined to bring charges against the rookie officer, says the family is responsible “for emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense under Ohio Revised Code.”
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Tamir Rice, 12, was carrying a fake gun when he was gunned down by a cop who opened fire seconds after responding to a 911 call about a "probably fake" gun.
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The bill even provides a breakdown: $450 for “advance life support” that did not save him and $50 for the mileage driven by the ambulance to the hospital where he died.
“I was shocked when I saw that,” said Earl Ward, a Rice family lawyer. “It was cold and callous and disrespectful of a family who is still grieving, especially on the heels of the grand jury decision. It’s a $500 bill and the city is responsible for his death so I don’t see how they could justify that.”
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Tamir Rice's family was billed $500 for the ambulance and paramedics who tried to save the 12-year-old's life after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.
Ward found out about it from an email from the city’s lawyers. It was sent in connection with a probate court filing. Samaria Rice found out about it from her lawyers.
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“We informed her about it,” Ward said. “We didn’t want her to hear about it from some other source. It really is a cold and callous move, and that’s not the first time. In their response to the civil suit, they blamed Tamir for his own death.”
Two independent experts concluded that the shooting — which was captured on video — was unjustified.
Another family lawyer, Subodh Chandra, said the bill “adds insult to homicide.”
Tamir was carrying a fake firearm on Nov. 22, 2014 when he was gunned down in a Cleveland park by Officer Timothy Loehmann, who opened fire seconds after hopping out of his patrol car.
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Tamir Rice was carrying a toy gun when he was shot and killed by a Clevelend police officer who arrived at the scene seconds before firing.
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Tamir Rice was carrying a toy gun when he was shot and killed by a Clevelend police officer who arrived at the scene seconds before firing.
The shooting of Rice was set in motion when a 911 caller reported seeing a youth in a park with a gun that was “probably fake.” The dispatcher failed to tell the two responding officers those two key pieces of information.
A grainy surveillance video captured the officers arriving at the scene and Loehmann opening fire from mere feet away, striking Rice once in the chest.
Two independent experts concluded that the shooting was unjustified.
Cleveland sues Tamir Rice's family for his ambulance bill
GRAHAM RAYMAN, LEONARD GREENE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS02/10/2016 8:14 PM ET
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This takes adding insult to injury to a whole new level.
The city of Cleveland, whose cops shot and killed a 12-year-old boy, Tamir Rice, over a toy gun, has billed the family for emergency medical services.
According to the creditor’s claim filed Wednesday in probate court, Rice’s family still owes the city $500 for the ambulance and paramedics who tried to save Tamir’s life after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.
The notice, filed just six weeks after a grand jury declined to bring charges against the rookie officer, says the family is responsible “for emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense under Ohio Revised Code.”
AP
Tamir Rice, 12, was carrying a fake gun when he was gunned down by a cop who opened fire seconds after responding to a 911 call about a "probably fake" gun.
TAMIR RICE GRAND JURY NEVER TOOK VOTE
The bill even provides a breakdown: $450 for “advance life support” that did not save him and $50 for the mileage driven by the ambulance to the hospital where he died.
“I was shocked when I saw that,” said Earl Ward, a Rice family lawyer. “It was cold and callous and disrespectful of a family who is still grieving, especially on the heels of the grand jury decision. It’s a $500 bill and the city is responsible for his death so I don’t see how they could justify that.”
AARON JOSEFCZYK/REUTERS
Tamir Rice's family was billed $500 for the ambulance and paramedics who tried to save the 12-year-old's life after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.
Ward found out about it from an email from the city’s lawyers. It was sent in connection with a probate court filing. Samaria Rice found out about it from her lawyers.
WHY ARE CONSERVATIVES SILENT OVER CASES OF POLICE BRUTALITY?
“We informed her about it,” Ward said. “We didn’t want her to hear about it from some other source. It really is a cold and callous move, and that’s not the first time. In their response to the civil suit, they blamed Tamir for his own death.”
Two independent experts concluded that the shooting — which was captured on video — was unjustified.
Another family lawyer, Subodh Chandra, said the bill “adds insult to homicide.”
Tamir was carrying a fake firearm on Nov. 22, 2014 when he was gunned down in a Cleveland park by Officer Timothy Loehmann, who opened fire seconds after hopping out of his patrol car.
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CORY SCHAFFER/AP
Tamir Rice was carrying a toy gun when he was shot and killed by a Clevelend police officer who arrived at the scene seconds before firing.
UNCREDITED/AP
Tamir Rice was carrying a toy gun when he was shot and killed by a Clevelend police officer who arrived at the scene seconds before firing.
The shooting of Rice was set in motion when a 911 caller reported seeing a youth in a park with a gun that was “probably fake.” The dispatcher failed to tell the two responding officers those two key pieces of information.
A grainy surveillance video captured the officers arriving at the scene and Loehmann opening fire from mere feet away, striking Rice once in the chest.
Two independent experts concluded that the shooting was unjustified.
