Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice hired by Bellaire, Ohio, police department

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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 enforD
 
A lot of small communities want to have mayors and cops like bigger towns, but really don't have the budget.

They offer low wages and have real trouble finding bodies.
 
Tamir Rice's death was 100% natural selection; if a 12-year-old is dumb enough to point what looks like a gun at the cops that kid is too stupid to live, he deserves to be dead.
 
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 enforD
Just because a kid thought it would be funny to make people think he was pointing a loaded weapon at them, doesnt mean she shouldn't be able to continue doing her job. I'm happy she was able to get past the harm that Tamir caused her.
 

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