The mother of police shooting victim Tamir Rice, seeks to bar the policeman who shot him from becoming an officer again. The policeman, Timothy Loehmann, who was fired in 2017 when it was discovered he lied on his job application, is seeking to be reinstated with the backing of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, which says he was wrongfully terminated. But Sameria Rice, who has been adamant in keeping her son’s name alive in the narrative around police violence, wants to ensure that Loehmann does not get his old job back and her lawyers filed an amicus brief, offering expertise against his attempt to be reinstated. The City of Cleveland is also supporting Loehmann’s firing saying that the termination was justified because Loehmann was not forthright about having resigned from the Independence, Ohio police department in 2012.
