On November 23, 2014, a young boy was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police outside of a gazebo. The boy was playing with a pellet gun and a 911 caller had informed them about a suspicious individual inside the park where he claimed that the gun could be fake.
The 911 operator failed to inform the two officers that the gun could be fake.
Upon arrival, one of the officers exited the vehicle and he immediately shot the young boy in the stomach. After two days of surgery the young boy died. It opened up an investigation into the actions of the officers.
The officers would eventually walk free without a criminal charge. The name of this boy was smeared by the media. And to this day, Americans are still divided over the shooting. Tamir Rice was shot and killed in 2014 by Tim Loehman and Frank Garmack.
The fallout has led to a hefty payout to the family.
The prosecutor who failed to charge the two was voted out. Tim McGinty who failed to try the officers for murder was sent packing after he admitted that Rice's family deserved justice and he failed.
Loehman was fired out the cannon with the police. He was the one who killed Rice. He wasn't trained right and was previously fired out the cannon in neighboring police departments.
Now the police union has ousted its controversial president. Steve Loomis was voted out as union president for the greater Cleveland area police.
The Cleveland Police to this day are completely inept and its unfortunate that we see America's police still decades behind.
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