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Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice hired as a cop again

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 confirmed Friday he hired Timothy Loehmann as a part-time officer. 

Richard Flanagan said Loehmann was never charged in Tamir’s death and deserves a second chance. 

Bellaire is a village of about 4,000 along the Ohio River, more than 150 miles south of Cleveland. 

Tamir, who was black, was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in 2014 when he was shot by Loehmann, who is white. 

A grand jury declined to indict Loehmann.  He was fired last year after it was discovered he was previously deemed “unfit for duty.” 





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