The Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice was fired, but not for killing Tamir Rice.
Timothy Loehmann, the officer who fatally shot the 12-year-old boy in 2014 will be terminated for providing false information on his job application and omitting information about an "emotional breakdown" during a state qualification course, the Cleveland Police Department announced Tuesday.
The killing of Rice, who was playing with a toy pellet gun in a Cleveland park helped ignite the Black Lives Matter movement and fueled protests across the country.
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