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Cleveland police union president Steve Loomis ousted by former union president Jeff Follmer after Councilman Zack Reed, whom the police union endorsed, loses a mayoral run-off to three-term Black Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.....Loomis upset the Black community and community activists as to his controversial stance in support of Cleveland police fatal shootings of unarmed Blacks, including Tamir Rice, Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, as well as relative to his opposition to the consent decree for police reforms....Follmer also publicly supported Cleveland cops that gunned down unarmed Blacks with impunity when he was union president before Loomis.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million readers on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Jeff Follmer (left) and Steve Loomis, Follmer ousting Loomis this week to again lead the Cleveland police union as the new president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) and Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed, who squared off in the Nov 7, 2017 general election for mayor of the largely Black major American city, with Jackson winning an unprecedented fourth term. Reed lost in spite of an endorsement from the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, the cornerstone of his failed campaign 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. 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

Tamir Rice Cleveland police killing 2nd anniversary rally and sit-in: Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria Rice, demands aggravated murder charges against the two White Cleveland cops involved in her 12-year-old son's killing as well as their firing, demands that incoming Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley seek criminal charges as well as outgoing U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.....State Representative Bill Patmon comments....Rice's mother also targeted Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and wants recent resources allocated for Cleveland police by city council reallocated for Cleveland schools, calls the cops involved in the fatal shooting of her son "killer pigs"....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Samria Rice, the mother of slain Cleveland police victim Tamir Rice, at a press conference in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2016, the second-year anniversary of the police fatal killing of the 12-year-old Black kid PHOTO BY NBC NEWS. COM AND CLICK HERE TO GO TO ITS WEBSITE FOR ITS PHOTOGRAPH AND STORY AND VIDEO ON THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY SAMARIA RICE, TAMIR'S MOTHER, AS TO THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAMIR RICE CLEVELAND POLICE KILLING VIEW BELOW THE CLEVELAND FOX 8 TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE OF THE SIT-IN AND RALLY AS TO THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FATAL SHOOTING OF 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE BY CLEVELAND POLICE  CLICK HERE TO ALSO VIEW THE VIDEO AT THE WEBSITE OF CLEVELAND FOX 8 NEWS ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post New

Cleveland police officers and detectives fired, including officer Michael Brelo, and six suspended as to the 137 shots deadly shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell.....Not all of the cops that did the shooting were fired....The firings should be vacated the police union says, which likely means arbitration ....A consent decree on police reforms with the city and the DOJ remains....Community activists renew the call for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who shielded 12 of 13 the cops that did the shooting from criminal charges, to be voted out of office this year, and Congresswoman Fudge wants McGinty gone too.....Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell acquitted Brelo of manslaughter charges....By www.clevelandurbannews.com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Cleveland police cars chase two unarmed Blacks from downtown Cleveland to neighboring East Cleveland the night of Nov . 29 , 2012. The 23 -minute car chase ended in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School and culminated in 13 non- Black Cleveland police officers firing a total of 137 bullets at Malissa Williams 30, and Timothy Ray Russell, 43, the driver of the 1979 Chevy Malibu. Both Russell and Williams were Black, and both died at the scene.  Some 105 police officers and 64 police cruisers participated at some level in the deadly chase. Pictured are Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (wearing beard and eye glasses), Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John P. O'Donnell (in sky blue tie), Cleveland Police Patrolman Michael Brelo (in blue shirt), Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty (in red-pink tie with polka dots), Community activist Art McKoy (in red, black and green turban), 137 shots unarmed Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Malissa Williams (in whit

Tamir Rice killer cop goes free, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty under fire: White Cleveland cops involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice escape county grand jury indictments on criminal charges, and Mayor Jackson says hearings will now go forward for possible internal disciplinary charges....McGinty is under fire as racial unrest mounts....Black elected officials and community activists comment to Cleveland Urban News.Com, and activists renew the call for McGinty to resign....McGinty faces reelection next year and did not get the endorsement of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.... Community activists say that the county grand jury process is unconstitutional, anti-Black, pro-police, and often rigged....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the three-term Black mayor of the largely Black major American city 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 23-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS  alone. Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer that shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio  —   A Cuyahoga County, Ohio grand jury has  decided   against  indictments on criminal charges of two White and over anxious Cleveland cops involved

Cleveland police union president Steve Loomis, Councilman Reed to host community forum today, February 25 at 7 pm at New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, 3474 East 147th Street, Black Shield and Hispanic police associations are also affiliated with event, Fraternal Order of Police president to attend too, Loomis regained union presidency last year after ousting Jeffery Follmer...By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Steve Loomis Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Black Shield Police Association President Lynn Hampton 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.  Coleman is a community activist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, OHIO- Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed and  Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Steve Lommis, whose collective bargaining union represents some 1450 non-supervisory patrol officers, detectives, and radio dispatchers of the Cleveland Police Department, have invited the community to a forum today, February 25, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm .  at New Sardis Primitiv