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Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice hired by Ohio police department
The police chief, citing lack of criminal charges against the officer, said that he deserved a second chance.
BELLAIRE, Ohio — The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been hired by a police department in a small Ohio village.
The Times Leader reports Bellaire's police chief Richard Flanagan confirmed Friday he hired Timothy Loehmann as a part-time officer.
The officer, who is white, was fired last year for reasons not related to Rice's death. He was deemed “unfit for duty" and dismissed for giving false information on his job application to the Cleveland Division of Police.
In November 2014, Loehmann and his then-partner, Frank Garmback, responded to a 911 call that reported a possible man waving a gun at a recreation center in Cleveland. When the officers arrived they encountered Rice, which is when Loehmann, citing credible fear, jumped out of his patrol car and fired his service weapon twice.
I was just stating in a different thread that anyone who is so scared of the people that they serve that they unnecessarily shoot and kill them shouldn't be working in law enforDBELLAIRE, Ohio — The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice has been hired by a police department in a small Ohio village.
The Times Leader reports Bellaire's police chief Richard Flanagan confirmed Friday he hired Timothy Loehmann as a part-time officer.
The officer, who is white, was fired last year for reasons not related to Rice's death. He was deemed “unfit for duty" and dismissed for giving false information on his job application to the Cleveland Division of Police.
In November 2014, Loehmann and his then-partner, Frank Garmback, responded to a 911 call that reported a possible man waving a gun at a recreation center in Cleveland. When the officers arrived they encountered Rice, which is when Loehmann, citing credible fear, jumped out of his patrol car and fired his service weapon twice.