#TangoDown: Anonymous Shuts Down Cleveland City Govt. Website Over Police Shooting of 12 Year old Black Boy - Cops Refuse to Release Name of Killer Cop and Video of Incident

From [HERE] The Hacktivist collective Anonymous have launched an attack on the official site for the City of Cleveland after 12-year-old Temir Rice was shot dead by local police for carrying a BB gun. Police refuse to release the name of the cop who killed the boy and have not released video of the incident. Deputy Chief Ed Tomba said video showing the Saturday shooting exists, but he didn't say where the video comes from.[MORE]

Tomba said the video is not available for journalists now because it's part of an active investigation, which the department plans to complete in 90 days and send to the district attorney.

In a video released on Monday, Anonymous lambasts Cleveland City Police, whose alleged inability to train their officers properly is said to have led to the tragedy. [see story below for details.]

“This rookie officer apparently was not trained. The police department he works for is to blame for this lack of appropriate training. Officers are equipped with many non-lethal options such as Taser guns. Why did he not use a Taser on this child? Shooting him in cold blood was not necessary with these non-lethal options available,” a statement from the collective said.

The group further questioned whether the police were so “moronic” that they were unable to use anything other than lethal force to deescalate the situation. They called the justification that the police “feared for their lives” ludicrous, as Rice was only 12-years-old and armed with an air soft gun. (When police arrived apparently the toy gun was not even visible and he was playing at a playground.) The message concluded with a vow to target all municipalities whose “ignorant” and poorly-trained officers pose a threat to society.

“Police of the United States you will learn in due time once Anonymous has shut down your sites that we will not stand for your ignorant, untrained rookie cops.”

On Monday, Twitter was awash with the hashtag #TangoDown, the telltale sign of an Anonymous-affiliated attack. Many of the tweets provided links to the official site for the city of Cleveland, which was inaccessible at the time of writing.