Timothy Loehmann, cop who shot & killed Tamir Rice in 2014 wants his job back

[irisblue]

source--https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/04/cleveland-police-union-takes-fight-to-reinstate-cop-who-killed-tamir-rice-to-ohio-supreme-court.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true


snip-The union representing rank-and-file Cleveland police officers wants the Ohio Supreme Court to revive its challenge to the firing of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who shot Tamir Rice in 2014, after an appeals court thwarted the effort last month.

The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association on Friday appealed the 8th District Court of Appeals’ holding on March 11 that the union failed to properly serve the attorneys for the city of Cleveland with court filings, when it challenged an arbitrator’s decision upholding Loehmann’s firing for lying on his application to become a police officer.

snip-Loehmann shot Tamir on Nov. 22, 2014, as the 12-year-old boy played with a BB gun in a city park outside Cudell Recreation Center. A 911 caller reported that a “guy with a gun” was pointing it at people outside the rec center. Loehmann, who was six months into his job, was partnered with more experienced patrol officer Frank Garmback as part of the department’s field training program. Garmback drove a police car up into the grass next to the gazebo where Tamir sat. The boy approached the skidding car, lifted his jacket and Loehmann jumped out of the car and shot him in the stomach in less than one second. Tamir was rushed to a hospital where he died early the next morning."


snip-The city fired Loehmann not for the shooting, but for lying on his application with Cleveland police. Loehmann wrote that he left his job at Independence police department because he wanted to join a busier police department, when in reality his supervisors asked him to resign after seeing his poor performance on the shooting range."


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[soothsayer]

1. NO.

Go do something else.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. And in other news

people in hell want a drink of water.

Fcuk you, Loehmann. NO.

[Me.]

3. And Tamir Would Like His Life Back

[Turbineguy]

5. Seven years

He could have trained for a new job.

[irisblue]

6. he was hired in 2018 in the Bellaire Ohio PD

https://wtov9.com/news/local/bellaire-adds-former-bethesda-police-chief-former-cleveland-officer-to-police-force

snip-"The Bellaire Police Department has hired six new officers, including Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland Police Officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 as he held a pellet gun, which made headlines across the country.

“The last guy I hired part-time, as you know, was Tim Loehmann from the Cleveland Police Department, who (in 2014), was involved in a shooting in which a young man had lost his life," said Bellaire Police Chief Dick Flanagan. “He had put his application in to several police departments. He also still wants to be a police officer. He’s not quitting on being a police officer. He made the decision (in 2014) that’s going to stay with him the rest of his life. Like anybody else, if you make a mistake, someone’s gotta give you a second chance. Give someone the opportunity.

“There is now worry. I stand behind this officer. He was down here two months ago. When he first applied, he told me everything that took place in that incident. I made the phone calls, I talked to the appropriate people. I’ll stand behind this officer like I will any of my officers.”

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[Best_man23]

7. Twice

He could have gone to college and earned a Bachelors and Masters in that time had he (as the Republicants like to say) pulled himself up by his bootstraps.