article_snippet: Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann fired the fatal shots at Tamir in November within two seconds of arriving outside a recreation center where the 12-year-old was playing with a pellet gun.
article_snippet: They never even gave Tamir a chance," Tamir's mother, Samaria Rice, told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront.
article_snippet: The whole world has seen the same video like I've seen, and I'm sure The whole world is saying, 'You guys never gave Tamir a chance.'
article_snippet: Cleveland authorities have repeatedly said that Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann mistook Tamir's fake gun for a real one.
article_snippet: the Rice family maintains that Tamir was shot and killed unnecessarily by Cleveland police officers," Rice family co-counsel Walter Madison said in a statement.  
highlights_snippet: Tamir Rice's mother: "They never even gave Tamir Rice's a chance"
  
highlights_snippet: 12-year-old Rice was shot dead by police in November while playing with a pellet gun .