timothy loehmann
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Citing Grainy Video Footage, Justice Department Says It Won't Charge Officers in Tamir Rice’s Killing
The year is ending on a less than hopeful note in terms of justice for Black lives taken by police. The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it has closed the investigation into the November 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by police officers in Cleveland, Ohio, and will not make any federal charges against…
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Cleveland Police Union Seeks to Overturn Firing of Tamir Rice's Killer
In a late albeit unsurprising display of indecency, the Cleveland police union has filed an appeal in court to overturn the firing of Timothy Loehmann, the officer who murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014. Loehmann was fired by the city over the contents of his job application and not for the murder of Rice,…
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Cleveland Police Department Fires Timothy Loehmann, Officer Who Shot and Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who fatally shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, was fired Tuesday, two-and-a-half years after the November 2014 incident, the city announced at a news conference. The New York Times reports that Officer Frank Garmback—who was driving the patrol car that pulled up near Tamir seconds before Loehmann fired the fatal shots—will…
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911 Dispatcher Who Took Call That Led to Tamir Rice’s Fatal Shooting Suspended for 8 Days
A 911 dispatcher who took the call that led to the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a recreation center more than two years ago has been suspended for eight days. In a disciplinary letter dated March 10, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams found that Constance Hollinger violated protocol on the day of…
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Tamir Rice Was 12 Years Old
I was in the lobby of the Ace — a boutique hotel that opened its doors this month in East Liberty (the Pittsburgh neighborhood I grew up in) — meeting with activist and educator Liana Maneese. We were meeting to discuss her new project — Adopting Identity, which is described on its website as “a movement that…