12-13-2014, 01:55 PM
CLEVELAND PD UNION SPEAKS OUT AFTER AUTOPSY RELEASED
Here's the current version of events from Officers Loehmann and Garmback, according to Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Jeff Follmer. He gave an interview to the AP yesterday.
THE DISPATCH:
Follmer told the AP that the 911 dispatcher followed protocol in sending Loehmann and Garmback on a "gun run" call, but the officers were not told that the guy in the park was thought to be a juvenile with an airsoft gun.
THE STRATEGY (KINDA):
Follmer said that the officers discussed strategy before approaching. They thought they were dealing with an adult with a gun who would run when the police car pulled up.
THE APPROACH:
Oops. Officer Frank Garmback pulled into the park after seeing Tamir at a distance and slammed on the brakes when Tamir did not run, as they had expected, Follmer said. That caused the car to slide on the slick grass and stop within a few feet of the boy, Follmer said.
Follmer contends that Officer Loehmann then told Tamir to put his hands up 3 times in the less than 2 seconds before he shot Tamir; Tamir did not draw the weapon from his waistband before he was shot, but he "nearly" did. (HOTD: I have serious doubts about Loehmann's instructions to Tamir, even more so now. It happened so fast and it was not, according to their latest story, part of the plan for rookie Loehmann to be so close to the guy with the gun in the first place.)
PERCEPTION OF TAMIR:
Follmer said the officers assumed the guy with the gun was 20, and he used the autopsy record of Tamir's height and weight to explain why the officers thought so under the circumstances.
LACK OF FIRST AID:
I saw no mention from Follmer as to why the officers did not provide first aid to Tamir after the shooting.
Ref: http://news.yahoo.com/autopsy-cleveland-...27189.html
Here's the current version of events from Officers Loehmann and Garmback, according to Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association president Jeff Follmer. He gave an interview to the AP yesterday.
THE DISPATCH:
Follmer told the AP that the 911 dispatcher followed protocol in sending Loehmann and Garmback on a "gun run" call, but the officers were not told that the guy in the park was thought to be a juvenile with an airsoft gun.
THE STRATEGY (KINDA):
Follmer said that the officers discussed strategy before approaching. They thought they were dealing with an adult with a gun who would run when the police car pulled up.
THE APPROACH:
Oops. Officer Frank Garmback pulled into the park after seeing Tamir at a distance and slammed on the brakes when Tamir did not run, as they had expected, Follmer said. That caused the car to slide on the slick grass and stop within a few feet of the boy, Follmer said.
Follmer contends that Officer Loehmann then told Tamir to put his hands up 3 times in the less than 2 seconds before he shot Tamir; Tamir did not draw the weapon from his waistband before he was shot, but he "nearly" did. (HOTD: I have serious doubts about Loehmann's instructions to Tamir, even more so now. It happened so fast and it was not, according to their latest story, part of the plan for rookie Loehmann to be so close to the guy with the gun in the first place.)
PERCEPTION OF TAMIR:
Follmer said the officers assumed the guy with the gun was 20, and he used the autopsy record of Tamir's height and weight to explain why the officers thought so under the circumstances.
LACK OF FIRST AID:
I saw no mention from Follmer as to why the officers did not provide first aid to Tamir after the shooting.
Ref: http://news.yahoo.com/autopsy-cleveland-...27189.html