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posted by martyb on Friday June 02 2017, @11:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the two-and-a-half-years-later dept.

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, reports

Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired by the Cleveland Police Department [May 30]. At a news conference, city authorities announced that the reason for his termination wasn't the deadly incident that brought him to national attention, but rather violations he committed in the course of his hiring process.

"Patrol officer Loehmann had been charged with rule violations concerning his application process to be considered a cadet with the Division of Police--specifically, answers he had provided on his personal history statement", Michael McGrath, the city's director of public safety, told reporters in prepared remarks.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer explains that Loehmann failed to disclose the full circumstances of how his time at a previous police department ended:

"Loehmann was allowed to resign from the Independence department after six months following a series of incidents where supervisors determined he was unfit to be a police officer.

"The disciplinary letter cites a letter in Loehmann's personnel file from Independence that says he was emotionally immature and had 'an inability to emotionally function'. The letter also cites an emotional breakdown Loehmann had on the gun range in Independence."

Cleveland authorities also announced that Frank Garmback, the officer driving the patrol car at the time Loehmann shot Tamir, would be suspended for 10 days for administrative rule violations of his own. He would also be required to take a tactical training course.

The penalties cap a review process conducted by Cleveland's Critical Incident Review Committee, or CIRC, in the wake of Tamir's death and the widespread protests it elicited. As the Plain Dealer reported last month, CIRC already "found no fault in the officers' actions leading up to, during and after the Nov. 22, 2014 shooting at Cudell Recreation Center on Cleveland's West Side".


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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Friday June 02 2017, @12:44PM (1 child)

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Friday June 02 2017, @12:44PM (#519327) Journal

    NPR, formerly National Public Radio, reports...

    Huh? What does this mean? Several years ago (2010 apparently), NPR decided to emphasize calling itself NPR [npr.org] as it had for decades. But the decision was just one of consistency for a combination of "branding" and to deemphasize radio as the only component (given internet presence, etc.). But its legal name is National Public Radio, as it has always been.

    I assume that's what this statement is about?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @07:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @07:21PM (#519521)

    I like comedian/political commentator Jimmy Dore.[1] [google.com]
    (If you think Jon Stewart or Mort Sahl, you won't be far off.)

    For the way it has sold its soul to the corporations, he likes to call it National Petroleum Radio.
    He also calls the TeeVee stuff the Petroleum Broadcasting System.

    [1] If you want more, change the :m (month) to :y (year) or just remove the entire tbs= parameter.
    Removing +-inurl:premium will also show you the paid content.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]