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Cuyahoga County Grand Jury to decide May 30, 2014, whether to criminally indict the 13 White Cleveland cops that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell with a hail of 137 bullets following a police car chase from Cleveland to East Cleveland

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A  Cuyahoga County  Grand Jury will issue a decision ON May 30, 2014, on whether to criminally charge 13 non- Black Cleveland cops that gunned down two unarmed Blacks with a hail of 137 bullets on the night of November 29, 2012. C ommunity Activist Kathy Wray Coleman speaks to the mainstream media of greater Cleveland  in the  parking lot at  Heritage Middle School  in East Cleveland, Ohio at a rally and vigil she led for gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, both fatally shot at by the 13 police officers  following a Cleveland  police car chase  that began in downtown Cleveland and ended in the parking lot at Heritage Middle School in neighboring East Cleveland.  Read the story on this event at  www.clevelandurbannews.com . Pictured to the right of Ms. Coleman in the red hat is the mother of Malissa Williams. Community activists have called for the 13 cops to be indicted criminally. (Photo By Laura Cowan) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-c

Famed poet, actress, author, and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou is dead at 86, Angelou received Presidential Metal of Freedom from President Obama, the president comments on her passing

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United States President Barack Obama bestows the Presidential Metal of Freedom on Maya Angelou in 2011 Famed author, poet, actress,  movie producer  and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928- May 28, 2014).  Among a host of achievements,   Angelou received the Presidential Metal of Freedom from United States President Barack Obama, America's first Black president, in 2011.   " She lived a life as a teacher, activist, artist  and  human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace.  The  family is extremely appreciative of the time we had with her and we know that she is looking down upon us with love..." Guy Love, son of Maya Angelou. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Pos