The City of Cleveland settled a lawsuit with the Rice Family for $6 million.
When Loehmann was a Cleveland police officer, he shot and killed Tamir Rice, 12, on Nov. 22, 2014. Rice was carrying an airsoft gun, with the orange tip removed.Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice, said it’s “pathetic, it’s pitiful, it’s a shame,” after learning about Loehmann’s new job on Wednesday.
“The system is broken, because police reform is actually not working. You would hire someone knowing he has murdered a 12-year-old child. How dare you. How dare you do it,” Rice stated. Loehmann and the other officer involved were never charged with any criminal wrongdoing in Tamir’s death. But, Loehmann was fired years later from the Cleveland Police Department for providing false information on his job application.David Wilcox, Tioga Borough’s Mayor, responded to concerns on social media pages Wednesday saying: “This has nothing to do with me. Council hires, fires and background checks. I literally wasn’t even allowed to take his resume with me the day they interviewed him.”
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