CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer acquitted of a misdemeanor charge in the 2015 fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager after a store break-in has been fired for violating the department’s use-of-force policy.
City officials say 50-year-old Alan Buford was fired Thursday for using force “greater than necessary during the incident.”
A judge acquitted Buford of negligent homicide in July. Prosecutors say Buford shouldn’t have had his finger on the trigger of his service weapon as he and his partner tried to arrest 18-year-old Brandon Jones after the break-in.
Buford’s partner testified at trial that the shooting wasn’t necessary.
Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/28/cleveland-police-officer-acquitted-in-fatal-shooting-fired.html
wow…. I guess that’s the definition of being “tough on crime”. Commit murder and you might lose your job.
Well, that’s just for cops! And he can probably find work in another precinct.
Oh yeah , everyone just gets fired for murdering someone
SMDH
“A Cleveland police officer acquitted of a misdemeanor charge in the 2015 fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager after a store break-in has been fired…”
MISDEMEANOR?????
Let us know when he’s fired UPON… FATALLY.
Right?! That’s what I was thinking…
Soon to be inevitable, at the rate they’re going.