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Recreation Centre: County Prosecutors and Cleveland Officials

recreation centre: The decision comes about a year after county prosecutors decided against pursuing criminal charges in the 2014 shooting against officer Timothy Loehmann, according to The Chronicle Herald. The U.S. Department of Justice still is reviewing the case. Cleveland officials said Friday that the rookie patrolman will face internal discipline charges over accusations of lying on his police application, but he won't face an internal review for his use of force. Loehmann, who is white, fired within seconds of arriving outside a recreation centre where the black boy was playing with a replica Airsoft-type gun that shoots nonlethal plastic pellets. The boy's mother, Samaria Rice, and her attorney said it's disappointing and disheartening that Loehmann won't face discipline for his use of force. Loehmann and his partner had gone to the recreation centre after a man called 911 to report that a guy was pointing a gun at people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.