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White Cleveland cop that shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice fired with applause from community activists upset because his partner got a lenient 10 day suspension....Activist Alfred Porter Jr. said that 'we always knew the cops were wrong,' and activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition said that "it is a victory but the ultimate victory comes when the police in this case are prosecuted, found guilty, and imprisoned, and when true systemic police reforms relative to excessive force and other police misconduct, locally, countywide and nationally, materialize"....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Pictured are Samaria Rice, the mother of slain 12-year-old  Cleveland police shooting victim Tamir Rice, and Tamir Rice himself ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio – The White Cleveland cop that gunned down 12-year-old Tamir Rice in November 2014 was fired Tuesday by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and his partner, also a Whit

By Clevelandurbannews.com: Remembering JFK, the 35th U.S. president, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.....A respected champion of Civil Rights, Black leaders called his assassination in 1963, "a dark day in the history of America"....Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a year after his death.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . Former president John F. Kennedy CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper, remembers the late former United States president John Fitzgerald Kennedy as to the 100th anniversary of his birth, on  today, May 29. Often referred to as &qu

Coach Tyronn Lue and megastar LeBron James lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference title by defeating Boston, the Cavs now headed to the NBA Finals and James having surpassed Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan as the all time NBA leading scorer in the playoffs....Game 1 of the NBA Finals is Thursday, June 1 in Oakland at 9 pm EST....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Cavaliers megastars, the "Big Three": From left:  LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach Tyronn Lue ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - After beating the Boston Celtics Thursday night with a 135-102 Game 5 victory to win the Eastern Conference title f

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson names Reverend Grady Stevenson interim director of the city's Community Relations Board to replace now Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, and Stephenson rallied against violence against Black women ....Councilman Zack Reed, a mayoral candidate seeking to unseat Jackson this year, said Stephenson is Griffin's "right hand man"....By Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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The Reverend Grady Stevenson, the new interim director of the Community Relations Board for the city of Cleveland whom Mayor Frank Jackson named to replace Blaine Griffin, who, on May 15, replaced the retiring Mamie Mitchell on city council Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed                                      Former Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, who retired from city council on May 15 and recommended her replacement, Blaine Griffin, formerly the director of the Community Relations Board for the city  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- Cleveland, Ohio- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has named the Rev. Grady Stevenson, pastor of Damascus Road Ministries in Cleveland, as interim director of the city

Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson cleared to run for mayor by board of elections after special prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh issues legal assessment to the elections board in Johnson's favor.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Ward 10 councilman and mayoral candidate Jeff Johnson   Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson was cleared to continue his bid for mayor after Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh, acting as a special prosecutor in place of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley, this week issued a legal assessment in Johnson's favor relative to a complaint pending with the county board of elections. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, upon Walsh's recommendation, on Tuesday voted unanimously to reject the challenge brought by  Ed Davila, a suspended and former Stark County attorney.