Saturday, October 6, 2018

Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Hired by Ohio Police Department


by Farnoush Amiri and Associated Press

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.

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Source: NBC News 

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