The former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 was fired from his post as a ranger at a West Virginia resort community, the fourth known time in seven years that he left a small department following public backlash.
Timothy Loehmann was fired on Friday from his position at the Snowshoe Resort Community District. The district’s board announced Loehmann’s firing in a statement following their emergency meeting.
Subodh Chandra, a Cleveland-based attorney for Rice’s family, said that “Loehmann’s determination to inflict himself on other people seems pathological. So does the craven poor judgment required by any public officials who hire him.”…