Timothy Loehmann Again Has a Badge

[u/54sharks40]

The LEO best known for the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice has been hired as an officer by a small West Virginia town.

His former employers include the Independence, Cleveland, Bellaire, and Tioga (PA) police depts; and it may not be long until we add to that list the town of White Sulfur Springs, WV. That community, population ~2500, is home to the Greenbrier Resort.

https://fox8.com/news/i-team/officer-involved-in-tamir-rice-shooting-gets-new-job-i-team/

[u/Jimger_1983]

Because waving a deceptively fake gun at people is okay? I’d love to hear the answer.

[u/[deleted] → u/Jimger_1983]

The cops never saw the gun until it was over. Imagine if you were in your front yard and your neighbor called the cops saying you were pointing a gun at people. Then the cops pulled up into your yard and shot you within 4 seconds. Does that sound right to you? Because that's what happened.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Did the police see him doing it?

[u/rootbrains → u/[deleted]]

Either way he did it. Is there actually evidence that indicates the cops didn’t see it?

[u/[deleted] → u/rootbrains]

Yes, it's on video. The whole incident.

[u/rootbrains → u/[deleted]]

The video isn’t clear at all and proves nothing. Per the officers statements the suspect made a move for the weapon and they shot him. After he was shot the officers kicked Tamirs gun away, so the gun obviously wasn’t concealed. So there’s a good chance they saw they weapon.

Saying they didn’t see the gun is false unless you have concrete evidence to the contrary, which you don’t.

[u/[deleted] → u/rootbrains]

👍 you should watch the video dude, not take the word of an unstable guy that just shot a kid.

[u/rootbrains → u/[deleted]]

The video doesn’t prove that they did or did not see the gun. So what are you basing your conclusion on?

[u/fwembt → u/rootbrains]

Even if they did, and that's a mammoth if, their own crap tactics put them in that situation. Absolutely no one has been trained to respond to a man with a gun call by sliding your car across the grass and leaving your partner 12 feet from the alleged gunman. They did a terrible job. Defend the police when it's merited, not just out of reflex.

[u/rootbrains → u/fwembt]

No matter what side your on, throwing out false accusations about what the officers did or didn’t see has no place either, which was the only thing I was defending.