Tamir Rice Responsible For His Own Death Say Police

From CBS:

The city of Cleveland is arguing in court documents that 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by police while holding a pellet gun last November, was responsible for his own death.

Rice’s family is suing the city in federal court over the boy’s death. In a court document filed Friday, the city offers 20 defenses, one of which states that the family’s “injuries, losses and damages … were directly and proximately caused by the acts of the Plaintiff’s decedent (Rice), not this Defendant.”

The city also argues that Rice failed to “exercise due care to avoid injury.”

Read more at CBS.