12-24-2014, 06:10 PM
I hadn't seen this expert analysis (by Timothy Dimoff) of the shooting. He agrees with those of you who believe that the shooting was unquestionably justified.
He's assuming that Loehmann told Tamir to put his hands up three times (his analysis was performed before the discrepancies in the original police narrative were revealed, but I don't know if he'd have factored that into his commentary or analysis had he known anyway).
I couldn't find the analysis video on youtube; the video is at this link:
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cle.../19531071/
One thing all the experts agree upon: it was a mistake for the officers to have approached so closely. I don't know whether a grand jury will consider that heavily when making the determination whether to indict or if they'll instead focus only on whether Loehmann was reasonable in assuming he faced a life threat once he was already in that position.
If the grand jury determines the shooting was justified and does not indict, it will be up to Cleveland PD to determine whether Loehmann (and/or Gormback) violated their departmental use of force policies/training and should be disciplined internally or terminated.
He's assuming that Loehmann told Tamir to put his hands up three times (his analysis was performed before the discrepancies in the original police narrative were revealed, but I don't know if he'd have factored that into his commentary or analysis had he known anyway).
I couldn't find the analysis video on youtube; the video is at this link:
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cle.../19531071/
One thing all the experts agree upon: it was a mistake for the officers to have approached so closely. I don't know whether a grand jury will consider that heavily when making the determination whether to indict or if they'll instead focus only on whether Loehmann was reasonable in assuming he faced a life threat once he was already in that position.
If the grand jury determines the shooting was justified and does not indict, it will be up to Cleveland PD to determine whether Loehmann (and/or Gormback) violated their departmental use of force policies/training and should be disciplined internally or terminated.