“The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice had “no choice” but to fire his weapon, the cop’s father said Monday. Surveillance video of the Nov. 22 shooting shows rookie officer Tim Loehmann firing at the boy just two seconds after stopping his patrol car outside of a city recreation center. Tamir had walked toward the car and reached into his waistband to pull out the black pellet gun, police said.

Loehmann’s father said his son didn’t know whether or not the gun was a fake, but decided he had to act. “I was right there and he went for the gun,” Fred Loehmann recalled his son saying, according to Cleveland.com. “I had no choice.”

Through their lawyer’s spokesman, Tamir’s family declined to comment on any details about Loehmann.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dad-cop-who-shot-cleveland-boy-tamir-rice-says-son-n259816