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Cuyahoga County Council to consider asking voters to restore the sheriff to an elected and not appointed position after Black Sheriff Clifford Pinkney resigns following 9 recent county jail deaths, Black leaders, led by U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, of whom support the measure, Fudge and then Cleveland NAACP president George Forbes of whom fought against change to the current county governance structure that replaced 3 county commissioners and the county elected offices, all but the still-elected judges and county prosecutor, with a 11-member county council and county executive....The formerly elected positions of county sheriff, auditor, clerk of courts, fiscal officer and treasurer are currently appointed positions made by the county executive...Former Ohio senator Nina Turner, now a co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, was one of few Black leaders who supported the current county governance structure.... Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

- June 08, 2019

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney, the county's first Black sheriff who announced May 25 that he will resign, effective Aug 2., former Cleveland NAACP president George Forbes, also a former Cleveland City Council president, Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, and former Ohio senator Nina Turner, now co-chair of U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign for president Community activists, former jail inmates and other community members protest at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland against conditions in the Cuyahoga County Jail and the deaths of nine inmates in roughly a year on May 23, 2019 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbanne ws.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at th

Cleveland activists are upset that Blacks are rapidly dying in the Cuyahoga County Jail and Cleveland Judge Michael Nelson Sr. has their support as to his stance of not sending defendants accused of minor crimes to the county jail, which merged with the city jail last year...."Thank you Judge Nelson for caring," said activist Frances Caldwell on the controversial issue....Activist Art McKoy said he is alarmed and supports Judge Nelson, a former Cleveland NAACP president, and activist Alfred Porter Jr, president of Black on Black Crime Inc, said that "there will be more pickets"....Activists picketed the county jail this past summer over police misconduct, judicial and prosecutorial malfeasance and overcrowding in the jail.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

- October 03, 2018

From left: Cleveland activist Art McKoy, Cleveland activist Alfred Porter Jr., Cleveland Judge Michael Nelson Sr, and Cleveland activist Frances Caldwell Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbanne ws.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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activists are backing Judge Michael Nelson Sr., a former criminal defense attorney and former president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP who won a seat on the 13- member largely Black Cleveland Municipa

Ohio man who killed Civil Rights activist Heather Heyer at a rally last year in Charlottesville is charged with a federal hate crime, in addition to existing charges that include second degree murder....Heather's mother and father have called on activists and others to carry on the fight for equal opportunity and equal justice and to stand up for Civil Rights and against hate groups....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 5 million readers on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

- June 27, 2018

Heather Heyer ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 5 million readers on Google Plus alone. 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 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Share CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINA- The Toledo, Ohio man who killed Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old Charlottesville, Virginia paralegal and human and civil rights activist, for opposing racism by White nationalists at a contentious rally in the city last August has been charged with a federal hate crime, in addition to a host of

Cleveland NAACP picket for support on 137 bullets deadly police shooting, judicial impropriety, rape, murders and abduction of women, Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud to be rescheduled after Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith secretly changed meeting location at last minute and Mayor Jackson sends blond, White, cocky Cleveland cops to intimidate activists, Blacks, Imperial Women, and families of raped and murdered Black women that came to rally,...White 7th district cops prowled the church premises where the rally was to be held hunting Blacks, women and innocent activists and pulled over cars of rape and murder victims families that came to the rally without reasonable suspension as required by law and ran license plates through racial profiling in alleged violation of their First Amendment rights,..... activists to meet this week to decide next move, activists say they were racially profiled, compliments of a Black mayor with no Blacks among his top brass

- May 14, 2013

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson , who is seeking a third four year term as mayor this year . (Editor's Note: There is no city charter limitation on how many terms a Cleveland mayor or city council member can serve. They can serve indefinitely) 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith 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." Malone's body was found two days later in a field. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online New Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2

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,

Imperial Women, Peace in the Hood, The Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime members, a coalition of other activists groups call on Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath to resign. Read the news story by Channel 5 news reporter Stephanie Ramirez and watch the video here

- February 22, 2013

Stephanie Ramirez By: Stephanie Ramirez , newsnet5.com CLEVELAND - A coalition of Cleveland community activists is calling for Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath's resignation. Organizers of a community forum on Thursday said those in attendance voted for Chief McGrath (pictured) to resign after the investigation into the deadly police chase and shooting in November. The forum, which was held at Lil Africa on Cleveland’s east side, included a panel discussion that was moderated by Minister Robert Saffold. The event was organized by Imperial Women. Read the entire article by Ramirez and watch the video at newsnet 5.com by clicking HERE

Black on Black Crime, Oppressed People's Nation, Carl Stokes Brigade, other activist groups to picket on Sat, May 19, 1pm at Cleveland Clinic's Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center in E. Cleveland,13944 Euclid Ave, over death of innocent Black woman shot looking at gunfight who died after the ambulance road pass Cleveland Clinic to take her further away to Metro-Health Hospital

- May 18, 2012

By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community activists groups including Black on Black Crime Inc, the Oppressed People's Nation, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party and the Carl Stokes Brigade will picket at 1 pm tomorrow, May 19, in East Cleveland in front of the Cleveland Clinic's Stephanie Tubbs Jones Health Center,13944 Euclid Ave, over a 44 year-old innocent bystander killed by a bullet to the hip when she was looking out the window at a gunfight on E. 95th St in Cleveland two months ago. The contacts for the rally are Community Activist Art McKoy at 216-253-4070 and Community Activist Judy Martin at 216-990-0679. Elissa "Goldie" Hereford was taken to Metro-Health Hospital and later died, and activists say that the ambulance road right by Cl