From the NY Daily News:
A Cleveland city employee whose Facebook post said he wished he had killed "the little criminal" Tamir Rice was fired, officials said Friday.
The February post on Emergency Medical Services Capt. Jamie Marquardt’s page involved the shooting of a 12-year-old boy who police said was killed by an officer when the boy reached toward his waistband for a realistic-looking pellet gun in November 2014.
“Tamir Rice should have been shot and I am glad he is dead,” the post said, according to WJW-TV. “I wish I was in the park that day as he terrorized innocent patrons by pointing a gun at them. I am upset I did not get the chance to kill the little criminal (expletive)
Tamir’s death provoked mass protests that didn’t stop after a grand jury declined in December to indict either of the officers involved in the encounter. City Hall officials canned Marquardt Tuesday after an investigation into the “egregious” remarks, city spokesman Dan Williams told Cleveland.com.
PROSECUTORS BEHIND LAQUAN MCDONALD AND TAMIR RICE POLICE SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE DURING TUESDAY PRIMARIES
“The posts were not acceptable and do not represent the views or standards of the City of Cleveland administration, Department of Public Safety or Division of Emergency Medical Services,” Williams said.
A follow-up message on Marquardt’s Facebook page also found by the TV station in February claimed someone “picked up my phone and made some awful posts under my name.”
Marquardt insisted in an email to the Daily News that he had never made the comments about Tamir.
"I did not do it," Marquardt said. "I presented evidence to the city of Clevelaneld that I did not do it. They fired me simply because it was on the news. They have no evidence I did this."
Cleveland EMS captain fired over Tamir Rice Facebook post
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Tamir Rice
Mike Brown
Sandra Bland
Ezeli Ford
Laquan McDonald
Akai Gurley
Natasha McKenna
Trayvon Martin
A Cleveland city employee whose Facebook post said he wished he had killed "the little criminal" Tamir Rice was fired, officials said Friday.
The February post on Emergency Medical Services Capt. Jamie Marquardt’s page involved the shooting of a 12-year-old boy who police said was killed by an officer when the boy reached toward his waistband for a realistic-looking pellet gun in November 2014.
“Tamir Rice should have been shot and I am glad he is dead,” the post said, according to WJW-TV. “I wish I was in the park that day as he terrorized innocent patrons by pointing a gun at them. I am upset I did not get the chance to kill the little criminal (expletive)
Tamir’s death provoked mass protests that didn’t stop after a grand jury declined in December to indict either of the officers involved in the encounter. City Hall officials canned Marquardt Tuesday after an investigation into the “egregious” remarks, city spokesman Dan Williams told Cleveland.com.
PROSECUTORS BEHIND LAQUAN MCDONALD AND TAMIR RICE POLICE SHOOTING INVESTIGATIONS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE DURING TUESDAY PRIMARIES
“The posts were not acceptable and do not represent the views or standards of the City of Cleveland administration, Department of Public Safety or Division of Emergency Medical Services,” Williams said.
A follow-up message on Marquardt’s Facebook page also found by the TV station in February claimed someone “picked up my phone and made some awful posts under my name.”
Marquardt insisted in an email to the Daily News that he had never made the comments about Tamir.
"I did not do it," Marquardt said. "I presented evidence to the city of Clevelaneld that I did not do it. They fired me simply because it was on the news. They have no evidence I did this."
Cleveland EMS captain fired over Tamir Rice Facebook post
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Tamir Rice
Mike Brown
Sandra Bland
Ezeli Ford
Laquan McDonald
Akai Gurley
Natasha McKenna
Trayvon Martin
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