CLEVELAND-- Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty's announcement that a grand jury declined to charge two Cleveland police officers involved in the Tamir Rice case is making national headlines.
News outlets across the country, including the Huffington Post and the L.A. Times, quickly shared stories after the announcement came in on Monday afternoon.
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A piece entitled "No charges for Cleveland police officers in shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice" is currently the most-read story on the Washington Post's website.
"Police officers are rarely charged after on-duty shootings," the article reads. "There have been at least 975 police fatal shootings in the United States this year, according to a Washington Post database; officers have been charged with a crime in just eight of those shootings."
Reuters' story outlined the events leading up to Monday's announcement.
"The Ohio grand jury had heard weeks of testimony on the Rice shooting, which occurred within seconds after police reached a park next to a Cleveland recreation center in response to reports of a suspect with a gun," the story said. "Rice died the next day. The shooting was one of several that have fueled scrutiny of police use of deadly force, particularly against minorities. The officers are white and Rice was black."
Earlier in December, a New York Times feature focused on the six enhanced video frames examining the moments leading up to and during the shooting.
"How to interpret these frames was fiercely debated by prosecution experts and those hired by the Rice family," the piece read. "The prosecution experts contended the shooting was reasonable; the family's experts disagreed."
Monday's decision also sparked a strong reaction on social media.
