The former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has been hired as an officer in a small Pennsylvania borough.
Jose Luis Magana / AP fileTimothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, resigned from a Pennsylvania police department after his hiring sparked outrage, his attorney said.Steve Hazlett, the president of the Tioga Borough Council in Pennsylvania, announced Loehmann's hiring Tuesday, posting aof the officer being sworn in. The photo, which was deleted Thursday, led to some fury on the social media platform.
Wilcox and the Borough Council did not immediately respond to phone calls and emails Thursday. Loehmann could not be reached at phone numbers listed for him. "The police committee, which the president of council and vice president of council, assured after going through the candidates and meeting again, assured everyone on council and myself they had did a thorough background check and that he checked out, was a great person, you know, didn’t have any marks on his record and that we should hire him to try out on a 90-day probationary period," he said.Samaria Rice speaks in Cleveland on Nov.
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