Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 5:33:20 GMT -6
Cleveland officials withdraw $500 claim for Tamir Rice's ambulance ride
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland withdrew a claim that Tamir Rice's estate owed it money for driving the 12-year-old boy to the hospital and providing first aid after a city police officer shot him.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Thursday apologized to the Rice family and said city lawyers were following procedure. He said officials should have thought better of issuing the claim due to the sensitivity of the case.
The document filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Probate Court notified Tamir's estate that it owes the city $500 for "ambulance advance life support" and mileage expenses for the ambulance ride to the hospital where the boy died.
City lawyers who filed the claim were following procedure, but they didn't account for the sensitive nature of the Tamir case or notify the mayor before it was submitted, Jackson said.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_officials_withdraw_claim_asking.html
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland withdrew a claim that Tamir Rice's estate owed it money for driving the 12-year-old boy to the hospital and providing first aid after a city police officer shot him.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Thursday apologized to the Rice family and said city lawyers were following procedure. He said officials should have thought better of issuing the claim due to the sensitivity of the case.
The document filed Tuesday in Cuyahoga County Probate Court notified Tamir's estate that it owes the city $500 for "ambulance advance life support" and mileage expenses for the ambulance ride to the hospital where the boy died.
City lawyers who filed the claim were following procedure, but they didn't account for the sensitive nature of the Tamir case or notify the mayor before it was submitted, Jackson said.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/02/cleveland_officials_withdraw_claim_asking.html