How much more can one family take? How many more fights/road blocks can be thrown at a family? In the case of Samaria Rice she has been fighting for justice in the death of her 12 year old son Tamir Rice since the day police officer Timothy Loehmann took his life in Cleveland, OH in […]
CLEVELAND — In 2014, while standing behind a Cleveland police badge outside the Cudell Recreation Center, Timothy Loehmann saw Samaria Rice’s 12-year-old son Tamir holding an airsoft pistol and shot and killed him. “Timothy murdered my son, he should be indicted and in jail,” said Samaria Rice. Cleveland Division of Police fired Loehmann in 2017, […]
CLEVELAND – Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, has withdrawn his application to become a part-time police officer in Bellaire, Ohio. “As of this afternoon, Timothy Loehmann has withdrawn his application in Bellaire,” Rice’s mother Samaria Rice said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. “Hopefully, he […]
Details have come out about Officer Frank Garmback’s so-called punishment. The officers involved in the shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014 suffered little to no consequences, but now it’s being reported the minor punishment one officer received was even more minimal than we thought. Officer Frank Garmback, who was disciplined for driving too close to Rice […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Samaria Rice, the mother of the 12-year-old who was fatally shot by two Cleveland police officers, reacted to discipline that was handed down Tuesday. “I’m relieved that Loehmann was fired, as he should be,” said Rice. “Now we all must get involved to create a safer community.” During a news conference Tuesday, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police Patrolman Association President Steve Loomis will respond Tuesday afternoon to the disciplinary actions handed down earlier in the day against Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. WATCH LIVE HERE City officials and the Cleveland Police Department announced that Loehmann would be fired immediately and Garmback will serve a 10-day suspension. Their discipline stemmed from the Nov. 22, […]
Fellow officer Frank Garmback gets a 10-day suspension. CLEVELAND – Officer Timothy Loehmann has been terminated by the Cleveland Division of Police for administrative charges related to the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Officer Frank Garmback, who was driving the patrol car the day of the shooting, will be suspended for 10 days. Loehmann […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association released the findings of a review of the officers involved in the shooting that killed Tamir Rice in 2014. The review was impaneled by Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams at Mayor Frank Jackson’s request to investigate the officers’ conduct and found that the two officers directly involved in […]
CLEVELAND – Just under 2 1/2 years since 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed by Cleveland Police, video of the two officers involved recounting the incident has been released. The videos, issued by Subodh Chandra, lawyer to the Rice family, show internal interviews with officers Frank Garmback and Timothy Loehmann. Loehmann fired the two shots that […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice reacted Friday to the news of administrative charges against officers involved in the November 2014 shooting. The news, they said, came as a shock to them. Attorney Subodh Chandra, who is one of the attorneys representing Tamir Rice’s family, told the FOX 8 I-Team’s Peggy Gallek, he […]
Despite yesterday’s announcement from Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, the Department of Justice insists that the case of Tamir Rice’s death is not over and that it is leading its own independent review. Peaceful meetings and protests are being held today in Cleveland, OH for a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officers who […]
CLEVELAND– Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said an administrative review is next in the Tamir Rice case. The mayor and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams spoke out following the grand jury’s decision not to charge the officers in the Tamir Rice case. Chief Williams said both Officer Timothy Loehmann and Officer Frank Garmback will remain on […]