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Hillary Clinton supporters and former Ohio state senator Nina Turner to hold rally and fundraiser in Cleveland for Hillary Clinton for president, Turner, of Cleveland, is now the chair of political engagement for the Ohio Democratic Party

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Hillary Clinton (left) and former state senator Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat who is now the chair of political engagement for the Ohio Democratic Party 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, political journalist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio -Former state senator Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat who lost a bid last year for secretary of state and is now the chair of political  engagement  for the Ohio Democratic Party, is the keynote speaker for a rally and fundraiser in Cleveland on Feb 16  from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm by the Ready for Hillary political action committee. (To...

Cleveland Ward 1 residents, Black elected officials, police union president and community activists speak out on new Cleveland police body cameras at community forum that follows racial unrest on police killings, including Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, and 137 shots police shooting victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, second forum is January 28 at 7 pm at the Covenant Community Church in Cleveland

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Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt By Johnette Jernigan and 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) 659-047 3. Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association President Steve Loomis ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio-Ward 1 residents were  given the opportunity on Tuesday during a community forum  at the Harvard Community Services Center on Cleveland's largely Black  east side to voice concerns over police body cameras  that will be implemented next month per an ordinance adopted last year by Cleveland City Council.  The second of the two meetings scheduled for community input  is Wednesday January 28 at 7 pm at the Covenant Community Church...

Cleveland police body cameras issue to be discussed today January 27 at 7 pm community forum sponsored by City of Cleveland, and the CDP, meeting is at the Harvard Community Services Center, second meeting is January 28 at the Covenant Community Church, city has ordered 1,500 body cameras following unrest around police killings of Black people

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City of Cleveland Community Relations Board Director Blaine Griffin 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, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The City of Cleveland Community Relations Board, led by director Blaine Griffin (pictured), in cooperation with the Cleveland Division of Police, will host the first of two community round table discussions on police body cameras on Tuesday, January 27 at 7 pm at the Harvard Community Services Center, 18240 Harvard Avenue. The second meeting is Wednesday evening, January 28 at the Covenant Community Church in Cleveland, 3342 East 119th S...

Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016, has reportedly approved a budget and moved ahead with campaign hires, Clinton won the Democratic primary in Ohio in 2008 over now President Barack Obama, Ohio remains a pivotal state for presidential elections

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Hillary Clinton 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, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Speculation is over. Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who later became a U.S. senator, and was secretary of state in the Obama administration during the president's first term, will run for president in 2016, according to a new report. Politico reported Monday   that Clinton, who lost the Democratic nomination for president to Obama in 2008, has already approved a budget and moved ahead with campaign hires. She will officially announce her run for president in April, the report sa...

Did Black Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams sell out the Black community by telling CBS 60 Minutes that the Cleveland Police Department has no systemic problems and no pattern of excessive force in opposition to DOJ findings to the contrary? Community activists said at a town hall meeting in Cleveland last week that they support Williams, 'but will picket him if necessary:' White cops interviewed by 60 Minutes say that they are scared of Black people

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Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams 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  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  K athy Wray 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's third Black police chief told CBS 60 Minutes during a 15 minute television segment on Sunday on controversial Cleveland police killings of unarmed Black people, including a 12-year-old boy, that  the Cleveland Police Department does not have a pattern of excessive force and has no systemi...

CBS 60 minutes to air Cleveland police killings of Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, and 137 shots police victims Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, the segment runs Sunday, January 25 at 7 pm, new police chief Williams, who is Black, is interviewed by 60 minutes: The Imperial Women Coalition, other activists fought for a Black police chief in 2009 following police negligence around the Imperial Avenue Murders

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Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Community activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Imperial Women Coalition, raises her hand and chants along with some 45 other activists during a 2009 rally she led outside the home of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. The protest was in response to what activists said was police negligence and apathy relative to the murders of 11 Black women on Imperial Avenue on the city's east side. The remains of the women were uncovered beginning in October 2009 and since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell sits on death row following convictions on 82 of 83 counts, including multiple counts of rape and murder. Activists were also upset because at the time the law enforcement leadership team of the Cleveland Police Department, including the chief of police, law director, safety director, chief prosecutor and EMS commissioner, had no Blacks. Jackson appointed Calvin Williams in January of las...

Blacks denied indigent counsel in Cleveland Heights, Bedford and Berea courts in cases of alleged police and judicial harassment, and with support by Cleveland NAACP officials, the judges there will then issue warrants with excessive bonds up to $50,000 if the defendants refuse to represent themselves at hearings and at trial, the Cleveland NAACP is under investigation by the national headquarters

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Cleveland Heights Municipal Court Judge A. Deane Buchanan Berea Municipal Court Judge Mark Comstock Former Bedford Municipal Court judge and convicted criminal and alleged pimp Harry Jacob Not pictured. Bedford Municipal Court Judge Brian Melling 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  K a thy Wray 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- As the U.S. Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, prepares to negotiate a consent decree with the city of Cleveland following an investigation that reveals systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department, from excessive f...