article_snippet: Lawyers for the city of ClevelandOhio, prompted outrage by making the claim as Lawyers for the city of Cleveland, Ohio responded to a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the boy's distraught family.
article_snippet: It said the Defendant, police officer Timothy Loehmann, was in no way responsible with all blame resting on the boy.
article_snippet: One of the family's attorneys, Walter Madison, told the Northeast Ohio Media Group that the complaint has merit. '
article_snippet: I do believe that a 12-year-old child died unnecessarily at the hands of Cleveland police officers and I do believe that certain officers shouldn't have been entitled to wear the uniform,' a 12-year-old child said.
article_snippet: The Cuyahoga County sheriff's department is investigating the shooting.
article_snippet: A prosecutor has promised that a grand jury will consider whether the case merits criminal charges.