01-16-2017, 04:11 PM
Tamir Rice -- Officers Face Internal Police Disciplinary Charges 2 Years Later
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In December 2015, the Cleveland D.A. declined to charge the cops who rolled right up on 12-year-old Tamir in the park and shot him to death in under 2 seconds (then lied about what went down, as evidenced by park surveillance video).
Now, the internal investigation is complete. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Friday that Officer Loehmann (shooter) and Garmback (driver) received discplinary letters along with a third officer, William Cunningham.
The newspaper said the letters outlined these reasons for the discipline:
--Loehmann allegedly lied on his Cleveland police application, not disclosing that when he worked at the Independence Police Department for six months a letter was placed in his personnel file saying he was emotionally immature and had “an inability to emotionally function.” The disciplinary letter also said Loehmann had an emotional breakdown on the gun range in Independence and that he failed a 2009 written exam when he applied for an officer’s job in Maple Heights. It said Loehmann never mentioned the Maple Heights test.
--Garmback drove his cruiser too close to Tamir when Garmback responded to what he thought was an armed suspect and he failed to report the time he arrived at the scene.
--Cunningham, who was working off-duty at the recreation center, was accused of lying to investigators and working off-duty at the center without permission.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor announced in December 2015 that Loehmann and Garmback wouldn’t be indicted after telling a grand jury there wasn’t evidence to support criminal charges. Ref: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d44bf9ac...001-vs.jpg
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Of course, the Union head claims none of the cops did anything wrong.
I don't have much faith that much will come of this, sadly. However, I at least hope that Loehmann gets canned - he's dangerously unqualified, in my opinion.
In December 2015, the Cleveland D.A. declined to charge the cops who rolled right up on 12-year-old Tamir in the park and shot him to death in under 2 seconds (then lied about what went down, as evidenced by park surveillance video).
Now, the internal investigation is complete. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Friday that Officer Loehmann (shooter) and Garmback (driver) received discplinary letters along with a third officer, William Cunningham.
The newspaper said the letters outlined these reasons for the discipline:
--Loehmann allegedly lied on his Cleveland police application, not disclosing that when he worked at the Independence Police Department for six months a letter was placed in his personnel file saying he was emotionally immature and had “an inability to emotionally function.” The disciplinary letter also said Loehmann had an emotional breakdown on the gun range in Independence and that he failed a 2009 written exam when he applied for an officer’s job in Maple Heights. It said Loehmann never mentioned the Maple Heights test.
--Garmback drove his cruiser too close to Tamir when Garmback responded to what he thought was an armed suspect and he failed to report the time he arrived at the scene.
--Cunningham, who was working off-duty at the recreation center, was accused of lying to investigators and working off-duty at the center without permission.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor announced in December 2015 that Loehmann and Garmback wouldn’t be indicted after telling a grand jury there wasn’t evidence to support criminal charges. Ref: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/d44bf9ac...001-vs.jpg
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Of course, the Union head claims none of the cops did anything wrong.
I don't have much faith that much will come of this, sadly. However, I at least hope that Loehmann gets canned - he's dangerously unqualified, in my opinion.