Thursday, December 31, 2015

Officer Loehmann displaces John Moshitta as fastest talker

Remember the 1980's Fed Ex commercials featuring John Moshitta, the acknowledged king of fast talkers, using Fed Ex because their service was, well, so fast? Turns out Moschitta has nothing on Cleveland policeman Timothy Loehmann, the fast talking cop who pumped several slugs into 12 year old Tamir Rice, waving a toy gun in a Cleveland park, killing him. Loehmann grabbed Moshitta's fast talking crown by rattling off 'repeated' calls for Rice to drop the toy pistol he was playing with in under 2 seconds before rattling off several shots into Rice's child's body. It was this claim by Loehmann that may have prompted Cuyahoga County DA Tim McGinty to advocate for Loehmann's innocence before the Grand Jury instead of arguing to indict him for homicide. If Loehmann is not the new world's fastest talker, maybe he began warning Rice to drop the gun while he was still pulling up to Rice instead of after getting out of the car. Or it could simply be that Loehmann, who quit the Independence, OH force 2 years earlier to avoid being fired for 'emotional instability', was inexplicably hired by the Cleveland force, putting him in position to senselessly kill a child. That most likely scenario may only be comforting to John Moshitta, who can continue to wear the crown as the fastest talker.

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