meanwhile, officer frank garmback, the ops are driving the cruiser, also had a troubled history. cleveland reportedly paid out $100,000 to a cleveland resident named tamela even to settle an excessive force lawsuit against garmback. for more we're joined by zoe salzman, one of the attorneys representing the tamir rice family. and we're also joined via democracy now! video stream by rian brown, she is co-founder of the cleveland chapter of black lives matter. we welcome you both to democracy now! zoe salzman, can you explain the settlement and what does it mean that cleveland has to admit no wrongdoing? collects as part of most legal settlements like this, amy, the defendants in the case typically do not admit wrongdoing. it is a way to end a lawsuit summit but especially in the case like this, there is no real resolution or closure for tamir 's family. there is no amount of money that could ever make things right for them. they lost a son and brother and a 12-year-old child on november 22, 2014. there is nothing that could ever make that right for them. amy: what are the terms of

. >> reporter: rookie officer timothy loehmann and his veteran partner frank frank garmback kept their jobs but have been on desk duty since a man in a park called 911 about someone waving a gun, though he cautioned it could be a fake. >> he's pulling it out of his pants and pointing it at people. >> reporter: it turned out to be a realistic-looking toy held by 12-year-old tamir rice, but the officers were never told of the caller's doubts. loehmann shot rice less than two seconds after arriving. >> shots fired. male down. >> reporter: surveillance tape showed neither officer tended to the boy. instead they tackled his distraught sister at the scene, forced her into their cruiser and told tamir's mother they'd do the same to her if she didn't stop yelling. subodh chandra is an attorney for the rice family. closure to the family? >> there's really no settlement, however historic financially, that could bring closure and a sense of justice to this family. >> reporter: the two police officers had asked a judge to dismiss the family's lawsuit, scott, and loehmann's attorney said his client

. >> reporter: rookie officer timothy loehmann and veteran partner frank garmback kept their jobs ondesk duty since the incident november 22, 2014 when a man in the park that day called 911 about someone waving a gun though he cautioned it could be a fake. he keeps pulling it in and out of his pants and pointing it at people. >> reporter: turned out to be a realistic looking toy held by 12-year-old tamir rice. but the officers were never told of the caller's doubts. loehmann shot rice less than two seconds after arriving. >> shots fired. male down. surveillance tape showed neither officer tended to the boy. instead, they tackled his distraught sister at the scene, forced her into the cruiser, and told tamir's mother they would do the same to her if she didn't stop yelling. an attorney for the rice family. does this settlement bring closure to the family? >> there is really no settlement, however historic financially that could bring closure and justice to this family. >> reporter: the two police officers had asked the judge to dismiss the family's lawsuit, scott. and loehmann's attor