<text>  CNNClevelands mayor apologized Monday for the citys poor use of words and our insensitivity in the Tamir Rice case. Mayor Frank Jackson told reporters the city was apologizing to the Rice family and the people of Cleveland for the wording of a legal filing last week, which said the death of Tamir, a 12-year-old who was shot by police in November, was the sixth-graders own fault. We did something that ... is hurtful to the family, that is disrespectful to them and the victim as well as the city of Cleveland, he said. The wording in the legal filing, Jackson said, was standard language used in legal defense, and the insensitivity was not intended. But now, he said, the city will be rewording its filing -- a decision he pushed for as soon as he found out about it. What I care about right now is that the family of Tamir Rice and the people of the city of Cleveland understand and realize that we are sorry for what we have done and that we apologize to them, Jackson said. Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Rice family, said the mayors apology didnt go far enough. I dont want him just to apologize for the poor word use and the grammatical phrases, Crump told CNNs The Lead with Jake Tapper on Monday. I want him to apologize for the death of this 12-year-old child, one of his citizens, at the hands of what we believe were police officers who were improperly trained. Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann fired the fatal shots at Tamir in November within two seconds of arriving outside a recreation center where the 12-year-old was playing with a pellet gun. They never even gave him a chance, Tamirs mother, Samaria Rice, told CNNs Erin Burnett OutFront. The whole world has seen the same video like Ive seen, and Im sure the whole world is saying, You guys never gave him a chance. With that being said, it can never be justified. Cleveland authorities have repeatedly said that Loehmann mistook Tamirs fake gun for a real one. Cuyahoga Countys medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide but has issued no determination as to whether the events that caused the boys death constitute a crime. In its 41-page response to the familys lawsuit filed Friday, the city says that Tamirs injuries were directly and proximately caused by the failure of Plaintiffs decedent to exercise due care to avoid injury. The response further says that Plaintiffs decedents injuries, losses, and damages complained of, were directly and proximately caused by the acts of Plaintiffs decedent, not this Defendant. Another attorney for the Rice family has said the citys response to the lawsuit last week was indicative of well-documented problems within the Cleveland Police Department. The Rice family maintains that Tamir was shot and killed unnecessarily by Cleveland police officers, Rice family co-counsel Walter Madison said in a statement. Their tactics that preceded his death and the subsequent victim blaming are examples of the institutionalized behavior that has beset the Cleveland Police Department. The Rice familys lawsuit seeks to eliminate certain institutional behaviors and practices that have no place in our diverse community. CNNs Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report. 