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Congresswoman Fudge denounces recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson as divisive, says she will convene a community meeting on that issue and the DOJ report of systemic problems in the largely White Cleveland Police Department, other community grievances....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland NAACP Attorney Michael Nelson Sr. speaks to about 30 people during a meeting held Thursday evening , March 19 on Cleveland's largely Black east side relative to a recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.  To the direct left of Nelson is Norm Edwards, and to his left is Ken Bender. Edwards and Bender lead the Black Contractors Group of greater Cleveland.  WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the city of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, issued a press statement on April 14 expressing opposition to efforts by a group of citizens, led by local criminal defense attorney Michael Nelson Sr. and Black contractors Group leaders Ken Bender and Norm Edwards, to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson from office. "The campaign to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackso

Cleveland City Council to hold public meeting on DOJ report of police brutality and deadly force on Thursday, December 18 at the Harvard Community Services Center in Cleveland, rallies scheduled for 10 am on December 20 and 21 for Tamir Rice at Cudell Recreation Center

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Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt Cleveland Councilman and Safety Committee Chairman Matt Zone   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. Kathy Wray Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland City Council Safety Committee Chairman Matt Zone, a west side councilman, and Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt,  will host an open-to-the-public meeting on Thursday, Dec 18 a 6 pm at the Harvard Community Services Center on Cleveland's east side around the report issued from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder two and a half weeks ago that found systemic problems in the largely White Cleve