Killer Cop Struggles, Meanwhile Tamir Rice Remains Dead
The Independent reports Timothy Loehmann, the officer who murdered 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired from a park ranger job. This follows his dismissal from the Cleveland police, a brief stint with a small Ohio department that fired him for omitting his past, and a ranger position he only held for three days. The focus? Loehmann's difficulty retaining employment. Meanwhile, the grand jury
declined to indict Loehmann, and the city of Cleveland paid the Rice family a $6 million settlement, not an admission of criminal guilt, but a civil payout to silence accusations. The media frames this as a personal setback for Loehmann, ignoring the systemic failures that allowed him to be hired and rehired despite a documented history of emotional instability and a fatal shooting. One might
wonder what constitutes 'struggle' for a man who remains free, unlike the child he executed in two seconds. It appears justice, like Loehmann's employment prospects, is fluid for some, and permanently extinguished for others.