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Cop who shot Tamir Rice had Previous Issues
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:44 am
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:44 am
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Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice within two seconds of encountering the boy, was deemed "unfit for duty" while serving on another police force. Supervisors specifically cited his "dismal" handgun performance and emotional instability when they forced him to resign in December 2012.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:49 am to the808bass
He gone.
Again, I don't think it is a situation where there was a racial animus. This looks like straight up incompetent policing - they knew he was a loose cannon and brought him back on. Lots of folks are going down for that one.
(Although, again, parents - if you love your kids, you won't let them play with toy guys outside, or with toy guns with the red/orange what have you, ring to show the cops it is not a real gun.)
Again, I don't think it is a situation where there was a racial animus. This looks like straight up incompetent policing - they knew he was a loose cannon and brought him back on. Lots of folks are going down for that one.
(Although, again, parents - if you love your kids, you won't let them play with toy guys outside, or with toy guns with the red/orange what have you, ring to show the cops it is not a real gun.)
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:53 am to the808bass
So...either Cleveland is really hard up for Police officers and ignored this warning sign or they didn't do a thorough background check before hiring this cop.
Either way, it's a terrible situation to be in.
I think that hiring cops just got infinitely harder in the past 6 months. Who in their right mind would want o subject themselves to that job. That's another problem. Not many want to subject themselves. It used to be a position of pride and respect.
Either way, it's a terrible situation to be in.
I think that hiring cops just got infinitely harder in the past 6 months. Who in their right mind would want o subject themselves to that job. That's another problem. Not many want to subject themselves. It used to be a position of pride and respect.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:54 am to the808bass
Of the 3 recent police cases, this was by far the worst to me. That cop was unreasonable in his actions and should be charged.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:54 am to the808bass
So maybe this is the story the protest should have the most support?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:12 am to the808bass
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:36 am to the808bass
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his "dismal" handgun performance and emotional instability
How does a department hire someone who lost his job based on this?!
It would be one thing if he passed a psych eval and had no record last this but for God's sake...
There was a whole lot of fail in this incident. Dispatcher failed to disclose the "it's probably not real" part of the caller's description of the gun.
And it seems from the video, the cops were in "active shooter" mode when that didn't seem to be the case.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 2:54 pm to the808bass
Too bad he didn't have a dismal handgun performance here and shoot himself instead of that kid.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 3:10 pm to the808bass
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was deemed "unfit for duty" while serving on another police force. Supervisors specifically cited his "dismal" handgun performance and emotional instability when they forced him to resign in December 2012.
Major problem...cops have become like catholic priests...brutalize someone in TX get fired, move to LA, rinse repeat.
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