Will Cleveland become the next Ferguson? Forum by the Word Church with Mayor Jackson, Police Chief Calvin Williams is at 7 pm Monday December 8, union groups led by the SEIU and community activists will protest at City Hall in Cleveland at 6 pm the same day
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Tel: (216) 659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio - (See flyer below) The Word Church will sponsor a forum discussion on Monday, December 8 at 7 pm in Warrensville Heights, a largely Black suburb of Cleveland, with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Police Chief Calvin Williams and other Black leaders on the topic of whether Cleveland will become the next Ferguson as the city deals with a crisis of police killings against the Black community and a scathing report released last week by the U.S. Department of Justice that reveals systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department. Meanwhile, union groups, led by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and community activists will protest an hour earlier at 6 pm on the steps of Cleveland City Hall. The Word Church is led by Senior Pastor Dr. R.A. Vernon and is one of greater Cleveland's most prestigious religious venue