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Tamir Rice Foundation representative urges full implementation of charter police-oversight provisions
Summary
Samaria Rice, representing the Tamir Rice Foundation, told council that failure to fully implement Charter Section 115-5 and support the Community Police Commission endangers residents and called for urgent action.
Samaria Rice, representing the Tamir Rice Foundation, addressed Cleveland City Council during public comment and urged full implementation of Charter Section 115-5 and the Community Police Commission.
“By not completing and completely supporting the city's charter, section 115 dash 5, which was established with the Community Police Commission, you have put the Cleveland residents in danger,” Rice said, addressing the mayor and council. She said Issue 24 was part of the platform on which the mayor was elected and that implementation is essential "to the future of the city."
Rice said her son was murdered because of “the failures of those in leadership” and criticized council leadership and the safety committee for what she described as delays and undermining the charter’s implementation. She called the council’s response to these issues inadequate and said the lack of support for the Community Police Commission has direct consequences for community safety.
Why it matters: Rice tied the council’s administrative decisions to public safety and accountability structures created by the charter and the Community Police Commission. Her remarks were delivered at public comment and did not trigger a recorded council motion or staff directive during the session.
Council and administration response: the transcript records Rice’s remarks during public comment; there is no recorded formal council action in response to her remarks during this meeting.
