Public outrage in Tioga forced the police officer who murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 to quit his job two days after being sworn in by the borough’s council.
Protesters that disagreed with a small borough in Pennsylvania’s decision to hire the former Cleveland officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old
Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, resigned from the Tioga Borough, Pennsylvania, department just two days after he was sworn in. His resignation came amid protests from the small town's residents. The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office is now saying Tioga officials did not conduct state-required background checks before hiring Loehmann.