Community activists, Ohio ACLU, academicians to host town hall meeting on police brutality, women's issues, systemic problems in Cleveland Police Department from 1 pm to 4 pm on January 24 at the MLK branch public library in Cleveland
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - Community activists, academicians and officials of the OHIO ACLU will host an open-to-the public town hall meeting on police brutality, racism, equity for women and police reform on Saturday, January 24 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Cleveland Public Library Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, 1962 Stokes Boulevard. A large crowd is expected and speakers include family members of police brutality victims, a women's panel, Ohio ACLU representatives, youth affiliates, and community activists. Light refreshments will be served and the media are invited beginning at 2 pm. The event comes on the heels of findings by the U.S. Department of Justice of systemic problems in the largely Whit