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I saw Tamir Rice's name trending on Twitter, so of course nosy me went to go check it out, and I saw people tweeting that the officer that shot him was fired. Part of me was excited and happy about this, but the other nosy part of me knew that there was more to it, so I dug deeper, and this is what really happened.
Timothy Loehmann was fired, not for murdering Tamir, but because he lied on his job application with the police department. I REPEAT THIS MURDER WAS NOT FIRED BECAUSE HE SHOT AND KILLED A LITTLE BOY, HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE WITHHELD INFORMATION ON HIS JOB APPLICATION! His partner the day Tamir was murdered, Frank Garmback, has been suspended for 10 for driving too closely to Tamir when they arrived on the scene. I REPEAT THIS ACCOMPLICE TO TAMIR'S MURDER WAS SUSPENDED NOT BECAUSE TAMIR WAS MURDERED, BUT BECAUSE HE DROVE UP TOO CLOSE TO HIM! If Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams allows it, Garmback could be back on patrol following his suspension and only after he goes through a reintegration program. The lies that he told on his application include the following:
Tamir's mother released the following statement regarding the firing and suspension:
Brief thought: Aside from being appalled that him lying on his job application was a bigger deal than him shooting and killing a boy in under a second. I think the emotion that comes to mind more is confusion. I'm confused because if and when I apply for jobs, they need a vile of blood, the deed to my 1st born child, a reference from every person I've ever crossed paths with, pictures of me before I went natural to verify that I am who I am, you name it, they need it! I'm pretty positive that yall have experienced the same exact thing, soooo you mean to tell me, my prospective employer calls my references and my previous job, but police departments don't call a prospective officer's previous department?? Wouldn't one think it's more important for police departments and jobs with this high of importance to do their background checks with previous employers?? If that had been done, it's a great possibility that Tamir would still be alive. Being that I've said all that, I blame not only the officer that shot and killed Tamir, but I blame their HR department that's supposed to be handling these sort of things, and I blame the entire department for allowing this sort of thing to happen!
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