BAN CLEVELAND! Adding insult to homicide, the City of Cleveland has decided to sue the family of Tamir Rice in order to get money for an ambulance bill. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks breaks down this infuriating story. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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“The City of Cleveland has devastated the family of Tamir Rice several times over, and seems to have no intention of stopping. This afternoon in probate court, Cleveland Scene reports, the city filed a creditor’s claim for $500, saying that Rice’s family still owes them for the ambulance and paramedics that tended to the 12-year-old’s body after he was shot by a police officer in November 2014.
In the language of the notice, the city states that the Rice family is responsible “for emergency medical services rendered as the decedent’s last dying expense under Ohio Revised Code.” Broken down, the city is billing Rice’s family $450 for “advance life support” that did not save him and $50 for the mileage driven by the ambulance to the hospital where he died.”*
Comments
So will they bill them for the cost of the bullets next? You may think this outrageous, but I see no particular distinction, and this idea has historical precedent. Stalin’s goons used to do that when the executed somebody–in addition to just being fun, it helps makes sure the family ‘gets the message.’ So the Cleveland authorities would doubtless feel thrilled and honored to follow the example of a world-class tyrant.