The Daily Populous Monday December 22nd, 2025 night edition
Authored by theguardian.com and submitted by idkbruh653

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 (SRCD). The district’s board announced Loehmann’s firing in a statement following their emergency meeting.

A Cleveland-based attorney for Rice’s family, Subodh Chandra, 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.”

Rice, who was Black, was playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center in Cleveland on 22 November 2014, when he was shot and killed by Loehmann seconds after the officer and his partner arrived. The white officers told investigators Loehmann had shouted three times at Rice to raise his hands.

The shooting sparked an outcry about police treatment of Black people and systemic racism, especially after a grand jury decided not to indict Loehmann or his partner.

Cleveland settled a lawsuit over Rice’s death for $6m. The city fired Loehmann for having lied on his application to become a police officer.

Loehmann landed a part-time position with a police department in south-east Ohio in 2018. He withdrew his application days later after Rice’s mother and others criticized the hiring.

He was sworn in as the lone police officer in Tioga, Pennsylvania, in 2022 – and also left amid backlash following his hiring.

Last year, he resigned from his position as a probationary officer in White Sulphur Springs City, West Virginia, and the police chief responsible for hiring him stepped down.

redditbdum on December 21st, 2025 at 18:35 UTC »

Jesus. Just enter a different field bro.

h0neybl0ss0m29 on December 21st, 2025 at 18:32 UTC »

Shocker. Wasn’t this guy deemed unfit to be an officer BEFORE the shooting of Tamir Rice? It became public knowledge in 2014 that he also lied on his applications I’m pretty sure.

ERedfieldh on December 21st, 2025 at 18:31 UTC »

> Officer who fatally shot Tamir Rice fired from West Virginia ranger position

Timothy Loehmann’s firing is fourth known time in seven years that he left a department following public backlash Associated Press Sun 21 Dec 2025 12.34 EST

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.

The fourth KNOWN time....and there WILL be a fifth. Or he'll join ICE. Or both.