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The officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice four years has a new job in law enforcement according to NBC News. Timothy Loehmann is one of the new officers hired in the small town of Bellaire, Ohio which has a population of 4,170 according to United States Census Bureau.

In November of 2014, was one of two officers who responded to a 911 call about a man waving a gun in Cleveland. When arriving at the scene the officers approached Rice, who was playing with a pellet gun, then Loehmann fired his service weapon twice. A grand jury declined to indict Loehmann and was later fired in 2017 for not being truthful on his job application.

Tamir Rice’s family members criticized the hiring according to Rice family attorney Subodh Chandra “Ms. Rice believes that Timothy Loehmann does not belong on any police force, anywhere, period. Someone with his record should not be subjected upon the citizenry. But she does hope that this means that he will not ever return to Cleveland.”

The chief of the police department in Bellaire defended the decision to hire Loehmann part-time. Chief Dick Flanagan said “He had put his application into several police departments. He also still wants to be a police officer. He’s not quitting on being a police officer. He made the decision (in 2014) that’s going to stay with him the rest of his life. Like anybody else, if you make a mistake, someone’s gotta give you a second chance. Give someone the opportunity.”

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