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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch opposes request for changes in the consent decree on Cleveland police reforms made by the Cleveland NAACP amid a squabble between branch lawyers against Mayor Jackson and National NAACP President Cornell William Brooks....The disagreement could bring prolonged litigation that Lynch does not want....The controversy comes on the heels of Judge John O'Donnell's racist Brelo verdict, a verdict supported by County Prosecutor Tim McGinty....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

- July 08, 2015

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors, at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Cleveland NAACP Attorney James Hardiman CLEVELAND, Ohio- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which is led by Loretta Lynch, the country's first Black female attorney general, has filed a brief in federal district court opposing changes to a consent decree on police reforms in Cleveland requested last week in an amicus brief filed by the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Collaborativ

Cleveland NAACP to hold open housing committee meeting January 14, 5:30 pm, Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church with representatives from offices of Congresswomen Fudge and Kaptur, community activists on foreclosures, housing discrimination, too many greater Cleveland women found raped and murdered in and near too many abandoned homes, support for greater Cleveland minority contractors, NAACP to later take public testimony on the issues, subsequent congressional testimony seeking legislative changes is possible

- January 12, 2014

By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with print newspapers in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio- The housing committee of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP will meet with local community activists groups, minority contractors, representatives for two prominent Ohio congresswomen, and family members of women subjected to violence on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 5:30 pm at Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Cleveland, 13028 Shaw Ave. The open meeting will address Cuyahoga County foreclosures, housing discrimination issues, violence against women across racial lines in o

Congresswoman Fudge, CBC call for an end to racial profiling following Zimmerman verdict, Cleveland NAACP supports her, National NAACP President Ben Jealous calls for federal Civil Rights criminal charges against Zimmerman

- July 18, 2013

Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith and National NAACP President Ben Jealous By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Kathy Wray Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, a Black weekly with distributions in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland, Ohio- In the wake of an acquittal last weekend of night watchman George Zimmerman, who followed, stalked and then gunned down unarmed Black teen Trayvon Martin in a Florida suburb last year, and even after police dispatchers directed him to back off, Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman

Community activists vote to picket Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith over 137 bullets Cleveland police deadly shooting, other deadly Cleveland police shootings of unarmed people like Kenneth Smith (AKA Rapper Kenn Ball) and Daniel Ficker,.... upcoming protests of the trio are also due to McGinty, Jackson and Smith's failure to effectively address other community issues such as documented Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud, judicial impropriety, no jobs for Black people and Black contractors, abduction, rape and murders of women and children, Mayor's failure to implement 27 commission recommendations following The Imperial Avenue Murders.... McGinty took campaign monies and an endorsement from Cleveland police union and is now protecting the White police officers that gunned down Malissa Williams and Tim Russell with 137 bullets from criminal charges,....activists scheduled pickets of Cleveland NAACP and Mayor Jackson will be canceled if Jackson and Smith meet with activists at their inner city meeting place and without a score of White cops for intimidation purposes

- May 19, 2013

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, 61 Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson , 67, who is seeking a third four year term as mayor this year . 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams, 30, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in late 2012 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell, 43, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in late 2012 Daniel Ficker, 27, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in 2011 Kenneth Smith (AKA Rapper Kenn Ball), 20, unarmed and gunned down by Cleveland police in 2012 Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith, 66 Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her body was found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. The killer is still at large. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malo

Press Release: Community activists to rally on Monday, May 13 at 7 pm Cleveland NAACP meeting, corner of E. 107th St and Chester Ave in Cleveland in front of The University Circle United Methodist Church, for support for Cleveland NAACP on deadly police shootings of unarmed people such as 137 bullets victims Tim Russel an Malissa Williams, Kenneth and Daniel Ficker, rape, abduction and murder of women such as Christine Malone, foreclosure fraud, jobs and judicial impropriety, contact number for rally is 216-659-0473

- May 13, 2013

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Imperial Women, The Oppressed People's Nation, Ohio Family Rights, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and other community activists groups will rally with victims family members at 7 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013 in front of the church where the regular Cleveland NAACP meeting will be held at University Circle United Methodist Church at 1919 E. 107th St. at the corner of E. 107th St and Chester Ave. in Cleveland. Activists seek a repeatedly promised meeting with Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith and the organization's legal redress committee, which hasn't met as a group all year though NAACP officials have taken dues money from its members,

Press Conference at 5:15 pm, April 24, PIZZZA AND REFRESHMENTS TO FIRST 80 PEOPLE THERE...Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith to join group at 5:30 pm as a guest leader of community forum with Imperial Women, community activists, family members of deadly Cleveland police shootings victims and families of Black women murdered and raped in Cleveland on Wednesday, April 24 at the Chateau Mansion in East Cleveland, 13124 Euclid Ave, Rev David Hunter, who leads the Cleveland NAACP Housing Committee, will be there, POLICE NOT INVITED, press conference and meeting are both at the Chateau, previous Cleveland NAACP picket canceled (Note: Speakers at the press conference include Attorney Terry Gilbert, who represents gunned down Cleveland police victims Tim Russell, Daniel Ficker and Kenneth Smith, the families of Smith Ficker and 137 bullets shooting victim Malissa Williams, a daughter and son of raped and murder victim Christine Malone, who was killed late last month and has eight children, East Cleveland Councilman Nate Martin and Community Activists Khalid Samad, Al Porter, Roz McAllister, Donna Walker Brown, and Kathy Wray Coleman), Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell to attend, meeting is open to the public, Cleveland Councilmen Johnson, Reed and Conwell invited too and activists pray that they do not need permission from Cleveland police to attend, activists expect them there

- April 23, 2013

137 bullets Cleveland police shooting victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, both gunned down on Nov. 29 by a group of White Cleveland police officers following a car chase from downtown Cleveland that led police to neighboring East Cleveland. Both were unarmed and no criminal charges against the police assailants that are still on the job seem imminent. Jazmine Trotter, 20, raped and murdered in Cleveland late last month. Her lifeless body was found in an abandoned home on the city's predominantly Black east side. Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland late last month. Her body was also found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. days after Trotter's body was found less than a mile away. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malone's body was found two days later in a field, her family m

Hilton Smith elected Cleveland NAACP president, Judge Sara Harper wins other contested race as third vice president, national NAACP watchdog the Rev. Gill Ford, who was sent in to supervise election, says 'racism is not dead,' Rev Caviness is first vice president, Bishop Perry is second vice president, Amos Mahsua is treasurer, Arlene Anderson secretary, Marcia McCoy assistant secretary, 3 make the short list for executive director, 24 win slots for executive committee, retired Plain Dealer reporter Richard Peery says new leaders should watch Governor Kasich and not let him 'run the NAACP'

- November 12, 2012

The Rev Hilton Smith, who was elected the 34th president of The Cleveland NAACP by its members during an election held on Nov. 11 at The Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Cleveland By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- T he Rev. Hilton Smith, senior vice president for corporate and community affairs at Turner Construction Company in Cleveland and an associate minister at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland, is the new chapter NAACP president, NAACP officials said Sunday after an all afternoon election at The Cathedral Church of God in Christ . Also a former Cleveland School Board president, Smith, 66, beat longtime NAACP affiliate Jocelyn Travis and member Clint Bradley to become the 34th president of the local chapter that celebrated its 100th year anniversary this year . He told reporters aft