Ohio appeals court upholds firing of Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
A photo of Tamir Rice in the reconstructed gazebo where police shot and killed the 12-year-old. The gazebo now has a temporary home in Chicago.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An appeals court on Thursday declined to reinstate former Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014.
The city of Cleveland didn’t fire Loehmann for any action he took during the November 2014 killing of Rice, but rather for lying on his initial application about his reason for leaving his previous job at a suburban police department.