Cleveland: The family of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy fatally shot by police has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers involved, a day after the federal government found that the city's police systematically uses excessive force against civilians.

Tamir Rice was shot last month while carrying what turned out to be a replica gun that typically fires plastic pellets.

Seeking compensation: Tamir Rice's family has filed a lawsuit against the city and police officers involved in his shooting death. Credit:New York Times

The suit names both Timothy Loehmann, the officer who shot Tamir on November 22 less than two seconds after the police car pulled up beside the boy at a park, and Frank Garmback, who was driving the car.