Cleveland, Ohio – Newly released documents have revealed that a week after Cleveland police officer, Timothy Loehmann killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, the Cleveland police charged the sixth grader with “aggravated menacing” and “inducing panic,” according to The Daily Kos.
The charges, dated Nov. 29, 2014, not only add insult to injury, but show a continuation of the corrupt manner in which the Cleveland Police Department has handled this case. They have consistently attempted to deny any responsibility.
The act of victim shaming a child, who was gunned down by a cop for holding a toy gun by the Cleveland Police Department, speaks to the nature of how corrupt the law enforcement apparatus has become.
To highlight the lack of accountability surrounding this killing, Mother Jones reports that Loehmann has still not been interviewed by investigators about his killing of Rice, almost a full 6 months after shooting. Four minutes go by after the shooting, during which Loehmann and his partner Garmback make absolutely no attempt to give Rice any first aid.
Rice was gunned down by Loehmann on Nov. 22, 2014, within 2 second of the officer coming into contact with him outside of a community center. Tamir died the next day. The emergency dispatchers were informed on the initial call that the gun Rice was holding was “probably fake,” but it’s reported that this information was never relayed to the responding officer.
It was later reported that Loehmann, prior to joining the Cleveland Police Department, had been found unfit for duty while an officer with the Independence Police Department, according to The Guardian. Ironically, his file was never even looked at prior to his hiring by the CPD.
The lunacy of the police attempting to portray their child victim as an “aggravated menace” who was “inducing panic,” speaks volumes as to law enforcements disconnect with reality.
Tamir Rice was sixth grade child who didn’t deserve to die, nor have his memory besmirched by police propaganda and victim shaming. Revealing even more tragedy, in a court motion earlier this month, Samaria Rice, Tamir’s mother, said that she is currently living in a homeless shelter as a result of these events.
Without question, the only ones in this case that induced panic, or who should be considered aggravated menaces, would be the Cleveland police officers involved in the killing of Tamir Rice.
We demand justice for Tamir Rice and that charges be brought against officer Loehmann immediately.
Police Charge Tamir Rice with Menacing and Inducing Panic
Jay Syrmopoulos is an investigative journalist, freethinker, researcher, and ardent opponent of authoritarianism. He is currently a graduate student at University of Denver pursuing a masters in Global Affairs. Jay’s work has previously been published on BenSwann.com and WeAreChange.org. You can follow him on Twitter @sirmetropolis, on Facebook at Sir Metropolis and now on tsu.
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Martin Palm:
May 21, 2015 at 11:56 AM
A small fact check. Tamir Rice’s mom has found a new home to live in, after she couldn’t stay in her old home and had to stay in the homeless shelter for several months.
But when it is revealed, that those same officers actually dared to charge a dead child of crimes… I simply can not understand, what kind of logic is there in the US justice and police system. All officers are humans, but it seems that not all officers act like humans, rather they behave like machines or racist extremists under some blue code shield.
USA has to show, that thier police force is not some third world maffia. They have to show to the world, that their police force actually cares, rather gets all scared about one child.
Raymond Winters:
May 21, 2015 at 2:16 PM
The only problem is the cops ARE third world thug mafia enforcers in the USA.
Tim Stark:
May 21, 2015 at 4:24 PM
the courts treat the police as if they were large corporations, politicians, or bankers. too often just getting a cut of the take and letting those habitual offenders carry on the family business. it’s a shame we can’t use the rico act on the department of justice.
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May 21, 2015 at 5:08 PM
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Glenn Jenkins:
May 21, 2015 at 5:25 PM
Robert E. Hansen ESAD
Venise Woody:
May 21, 2015 at 2:02 PM
WELL ITS NO OOOOO SUPRISE AT ALL AND I JUS CONTINUE TO PRAY I NEVER GET A CALL THAT MY KID HAS BEEN KILLED ANY BODY NOBODY IS EXCLUDED IF YOU KILL MY KID I WILL BE THE VERY FIRST MOTHER TO KILL MY CHILDS KILLER REAL SIMPLE…NOBODY GOES THRU EXTREME LABOR, THE WORK OF RAISING UR CHILD, FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO JUST KILL AND HIDE BEHIND A BLUE UNIFORM ARMED GANG THE LAW TO GUN THEM DOWN. IF A PARENT SPANKS THEIR CHILDS ASS FOR DOING WRONG CAN CATCH AN ACS CASE BUT A COP CAN KILL UR CHILD AND NO ACS CASE IS CALLED AGAINST THE OFFICER…HELL NO MR OFFICER HAVING A MAD DAY GO KILL UR KIDS..
Nopal Verde:
May 21, 2015 at 2:02 PM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH this shit fuckn pisses me the fuck off!!!! Why is no one rioting and protesting for this little fucking child and then they had the fucking nerve to charge him with some bullshit idk if its anger or sadness but fuck I want to cry right now this shit is downright fucking ridiculous I’m fucking livid right now we need vigilante justice NOW!
Christian Quezada:
May 21, 2015 at 4:57 PM
I feel ya, it’s stories like this that makes me hate on all cops good or bad
Eevie Em:
May 21, 2015 at 4:56 PM
It isn’t logic unless you are understanding and accepting of talmudic law. This is what htey are trying to turn America into….a
zionist nation. Our law enforcement is now trained by israeli police….this is the root of the ills in America. WE have to stop supporting israel financially for this to end. We have to fight the ‘new talmudic laws” to regain our American laws.
Charlie Picco:
May 21, 2015 at 5:39 PM
Damn well said , Eevie ..
Betty Anne Emery Rubendall:
May 21, 2015 at 2:50 PM
I saw the video. The only people who could possibly call that kid and what he was doing menacing, are cowards. Little men who put on big clothes and wear their phallus on their hips. Cowards run and hide when they do something wrong. They point fingers and blame. They do not stand up straight, look a person straight in the eye, and admit that they made a huge mistake…overreacted to a benign situation and now a little boy is gone. A little boy who won’t be playing at the park anymore. A little boy who will never get to cuddle his mama on the couch at the end of the day. Law enforcement attracts cowards.
Scott Generale:
May 21, 2015 at 1:57 PM
the United States police force is the worst in the world and the most racist. they do not care about citizens only themselves. may more of them fall with the same brutality they give its citizens