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

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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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