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Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 11:36 AM Oct 2018

Report: Officer who killed Tamir Rice hired by rural Ohio police department

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Source: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A small town in southern Ohio hired Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, to serve as a part-time officer on its police department.

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Bellaire Police Chief Richard "Dick" Flanagan told The Intelligencer: " (Loehmann) was cleared of any and all wrongdoing. He was never charged. It's over and done with."

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A Cuyahoga County grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against Loehmann in Tamir's death, but the city of Cleveland fired him in May 2017, not for the shooting, but for lying on his application when he applied for his job.

One of the more glaring omissions was that Loehmann did not disclose that he was dismissed from the Independence Police Department after they determined he was unfit to serve on its department. His personnel file from that job noted that Loehmann broke down and cried on the shooting range.

more...

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/10/report_officer_who_killed_tami.html

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/10/report_officer_who_killed_tami.html



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Report: Officer who killed Tamir Rice hired by rural Ohio police department (Original Post) Cal Carpenter Oct 2018 OP
Bellaire, Ohio? Good place to avoid. raging moderate Oct 2018 #1
What the hell?!? onecaliberal Oct 2018 #2
Of course they did. n/t Ohiogal Oct 2018 #3
60 years ago Bellaire was the site of an annual State high school track meet. jaysunb Oct 2018 #4
Southern Ohio is not very friendly to minorities IronLionZion Oct 2018 #5
Locking... DonViejo Oct 2018 #6

raging moderate

(4,625 posts)
1. Bellaire, Ohio? Good place to avoid.
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 11:39 AM
Oct 2018
 

onecaliberal

(36,594 posts)
2. What the hell?!?
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 11:41 AM
Oct 2018

Ohiogal

(40,752 posts)
3. Of course they did. n/t
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 12:35 PM
Oct 2018

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
4. 60 years ago Bellaire was the site of an annual State high school track meet.
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 12:39 PM
Oct 2018

I went twice and it was not a place welcoming to blacks. It was what was known as a " sundown town "
I guess little has changed.

IronLionZion

(51,387 posts)
5. Southern Ohio is not very friendly to minorities
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 12:46 PM
Oct 2018

I always make sure I have enough gas when driving through so I don't have to stop

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
6. Locking...
Sat Oct 6, 2018, 12:50 PM
Oct 2018

Over 12 hours old: Posted Oct 5, 7:01 PM, Updated Oct 5, 8:24 PM; posted on the LBN Forum Oct 6, 2018, 11:36 AM

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