It's more clear than ever that a federal investigation is needed into how the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office handled the case against the police officer who killed my cousin, Tamir Rice. Today, we found out that the grand jury that Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said "declined to indict" the officers, never actually took a vote on the matter. A local paper is looking into what happened and explain why this is so shocking: "Though Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty never explicitly said the grand jury voted not to indict — nor did he utter the phrase "no bill" — in his Dec. 28 press conference, he declared that that grand jury had declined to indict. How, then, if not by voting? After learning and confirming on Jan. 15 that there was no "no-bill notification" on file at the county clerk's office for the Tamir Rice grand jury proceedings, Scene formally requested the document officially showing the decision, however it was reached, and wherever said document might be. We were told that it didn't exist. Employees at both the clerk's and prosecutor's officers were unable to explain the lack of paperwork." We need to get justice for Tamir Rice. And it's clear that justice won't be found in Cleveland. Please continue sharing our petition so the Department of Justice steps in. Latonya http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/01/20/the-grand-jury-in-the-tamir-rice-case-did-not-take-a-vote-on-charges