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Former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes is a White folks Negro, community activists say, he led gay parade but protects judicial, prosecutorial and political corruption, and mortgage fraud, and the White Cleveland cops around deadly 137 shots shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, community activists, who also support gay rights, call on Forbes to speak out

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Cleveland Attorney George L. Forbes, a former city council president, and former president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP From The Metro  Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Though data show that he blocked help to an array of  Blacks challenging documented mortgage fraud and prosecutorial, judicial and police-related  impropriety as the then  president of the Cleveland NAACP and is protecting police  and refusing to speak out against the 13 non- Black cops that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell in late 2012 following a police car chase that began in downtown Cleveland and ended at Heritage Middle School in neighboring East Cleveland, Attorney George L. Forbes served on Saturday as grand marshal of the Gay Pride Parade

Third Annual Memorial for Dan Ficker, whom Cleveland police unceremoniously killed 3 years ago, to be held on Sunday, June 29 at Coe Lake in Berea, Ficker left behind 2 young children and a fiance, his mother, father, other loved ones and community activists and other community members continue the fight for justice in his honor

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 Dan Ficker Please join us to remember the life of Dan 3 years after his death on  Sunday June 29, 2014 from 1p.m. until 5 p.m. at Coe Lake in Berea, behind the Berea Commons THE EVENT WILL PROCEED RAIN OR SHINE This is open to everyone. Please invite your friends and family, or anyone else who wants to come. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, please call or email Bernie Rolen 440-773-6102 or  bern316@cox.net Donations can be made on the website at  www.danficker143.com I really hope to see you there!!! 143 Don’t forget your fishing pole if you want to fish! (Editor's note: Rolen is Daniel Ficker's mother) Tickets are $10 for adults and children are FREE. Your ticket includes a hamburger, hotdog, Dan's famous potato salad, pasta salad, dessert, chips, and a bottle of water. Live Music will be playing from 1-4 There will be face painting, corn hole, fishing, etc. Or just sit, relax, and listen to the music by

Cleveland native and legendary soul singer Bobby Womack is dead at 70

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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, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland native and legendary soul singer-songwriter and musician  Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack died Friday. He was 70-years-old. His publicist did not provide specifics on his death to reporters, saying only that Womack had, in fact, passed away.  Womack was born on Cleveland's predominantly Black east side and dropped out of high school at 16 when he signed a recording contract with Sam Cooke, also a legendary name in soul and R&B music. A recording artist since the early 1960s, Womack is a 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fa

BREAKING NEWS: Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty (pictured below) protected 12 White Cleveland cops that gunned down 2 unarmed Blacks with 137 bullets from criminal charges, continues to employ uneducated White woman named Lily Miler who calls herself 'Gone Fishin' and who called Blacks 'nigger' and said that Blacks should be hanged, community activists to protest at 5:30 pm on July 1, 2014 at Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland after McGinty's protection of cops, McGinty is protected by former Cleveland NAACP President and attorney George Forbes and Cleveland NAACP Attorneys Michael Nelson Sr. and James Hardiman in exchange for monies for their law firms, data show. McGinty was endorsed by Cleveland police union and promised to protect White cops from indictments as an insult and disrespect of the Black community

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Article below was originally printed here on July 13, 2013 and has been updated as of June 27, 2014.  (The "nigger" name calling employee of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty's office of Lily Miller is still harassing and defaming Blacks and women that  criticize the corrupt Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who harasses Black women and others he cannot control. Read the reprinted article below. Miller, a White woman, has no college degree and works in the child support enforcement department for McGinty for the county. But she is really paid to allegedly harass Blacks, women, community activists, reporters and McGinty's perceived enemies, an investigation by Cleveland Urban New.Com reveals). Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who condones "nigger" name calling by his employees of his office like Lily Miller, who also has put it in writing and on the Internet to hang Blacks and to "hang him high". Miller's "nigge

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson calls for city council to pass strict gun control laws at press conference, Councilmen Jeff Johnson, Zack Reed concerned about number of city homicides this year

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, who wants city council to adopt strict gun control laws in the midst of heightened homicides in the largely Black major American city  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) with his wife Edwina,  campaign manager Blaine Griffin, and a host of supporters  during his victory speech last November. Jackson, 67, won a third four-year term with 66 percent  of the vote over millionaire businessman Ken Lanci. A former Cleveland City Council president, he has led the  major American city since 2006. 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, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 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-Clevelan

Cleveland Cavaliers hire David Blatt as new head coach, LeBron James is now a free agent, Blatt his hiring comes after Cuyahoga County voters renew a $270 million sin tax on alcohol and cigarettes to fund pro-sports stadiums upkeep, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitGerald, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, wants sin tax monies linked to wins, a proposal Mayor Jackson opposes, Blatt replaces Mike Brown, who replaced Byron Scott, both Brown and Scott are Black, Brown is a two-time Cavs head coach who coached LeBron James, who now plays with the Miami Heat, who won NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 and lost the 2014 NBA title to the Spurs

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New Cleveland Cavaliers head basketball coach David Blatt 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, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 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-The Cleveland Cavaliers hired David Blatt on Friday to become the franchise's 20th head coach, replacing Mike Brown, who is Black and was ousted by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert in May after the Cavs compiled a less than mediocre winning record and did not make the playoffs this year. He beat out closest contender Tyronn Lue, an assistant coach for the controversial Los Angeles Clippers.  Though Blatt, 55, has no NBA experience, he has experience as an international coach and