Cop who murdered Tamir Rice got a new job in a small OH town

[Cal Carpenter]

Note that this guy was fired from the Cleveland police, not for killing Tamir Rice, but for having lied about being fired from a previous cop job for being unfit. I'm sure this will end well...

Also, I posted this in LBN but it was locked for being a few hours too old, so I'm trying it here.

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

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.

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

[bitterross]

1. He should not be a police officer. Find another line of work.

He needs a job to support himself because I don't want to support him. He just should be cleaning the floors at the local WalMart instead of being a police officer. I hear Amazon is hiring in their warehouses too.

[Demovictory9]

2. +1000

[dalton99a]

3. "He does not believe it is fair for people to 'crucify' Loehmann about what happened"

http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/10/bellaire-adds-embattled-loehmann-smith-to-police-force/

However, Loehmann was fired by the Cleveland Police Department in 2017 for allegedly omitting information from his employment application. He previously had worked for the police department in Independence, Ohio, and failed to note that on his application. Loehmann was told he either had to quit his job in Independence or be fired, officials said at that time.

Flanagan said Friday he had no reservations about hiring Loehmann to work in his department.

“He was cleared of any and all wrongdoing,” Flanagan said of Loehmann. “He was never charged. It’s over and done with.”

According to published reports, Independence Deputy Chief Jim Polak wrote in Loehmann’s personnel file that he was “weepy” and “distracted” during firearms training. He allegedly told Polak that he was having trouble with his girlfriend at the time. But the deputy went further in his statements about Loehmann’s competence.

“He could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal,” Polak wrote in 2012.

Polak recommended that Loehmann should leave the department.

“I do not believe time, nor training, will be able to change or correct the deficiencies,” Polak wrote.

He also said Loehmann lacked “maturity” to continue working for the Independence department, published reports indicate.

In 2009, Loehmann also failed an exam administered by the Maple Heights, Ohio, police department. Published reports indicate he failed to disclose that in his application to Cleveland, too.

Flanagan said he never had reservations about hiring Loehmann because he was cleared of any wrongdoing regarding Rice’s death. He said he does not believe it is fair for people to “crucify” Loehmann about what happened.

[Gothmog]

4. That city is going to its insurance rates go up

[dalton99a]

5. +1. Loehmann will kill again.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. This is not a isolated

incident. This is a real time happening all over the USA .

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Worth keeping in mind when visiting small towns

Is the local speed trap jockey a reject from the PD of some larger city?

[Wellstone ruled]

8. Some are,

others are just Bullies with Badges enforcing White only rule.

[doc03]

9. Bellaire police chief says he deserves a second chance

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