A press release Friday morning said that the city had considered tearing down the gazebo for some time, but that due to criminal and administrative proceedings, the site was still required for “evidential purposes.”
A city spokesperson told Scene Friday morning that though no specific plans were in the works for the area, it would probably revert to grass, expanding the green space at the Cudell Recreation Center.
Since Tamir’s death, the gazebo has also served as a meeting spot for demonstrations and as a physical memorial to the 12-year-old who lost his life.
The announcement comes just a few days after the city settled with the family of Tamir Rice in a wrongful death lawsuit. Cleveland will pay $6 million over the course of 2016 and 2017.
This article appears in Apr 27 – May 3, 2016.
The eradication of an inconvenient truth is always one bulldozer away.
Take a look before it’s gone and you’ll see how very easily the gazebo could have been surrounded and secured by police if they only used
common sense, if not standard (or should have been) procedure….instead of the unnecessary and careless macho attack mode in the cruiser. Poor police work by bad policemen along with a dumb acting undisciplined kid, and this never ending mess (plus $6,000,000) would have never happened.
Why not just turn it into a target range?
Coming up next: Pagoda at Kent State to be melted down for National Guard ammo.
Chuckles the Clown