Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice , bashed a number of high-profile activists and lawyers for using the deaths of Black people to get famous. Tamir was shot to death in 2014 at the age of 12 by two officers, both of whom never faced any consequences for the shooting. In December, the federal government officially declined to press any charges against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. But in a series of Facebook posts on Sunday, Samaria said well-known activist Tamika Mallory , civil rights attorney Ben Crump and others were "chasing clout" and profiting from families that are still struggling with the loss of a loved one. The posts started on Sunday and coincided with the 2021 Grammy Awards, where Mallory appeared on stage with rapper Lil Baby during a performance. "I'm tired of you black lives matters (Tamika Mallory and crew) b***hes that's riding theses [ sic ] family back and yall ambulance chasing Attorneys ( Ben Crump) (Lee Merrick) too yall have f**k up our fight...