Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), a Warrensville Heights Democrat who has accused Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty of tainted the grand jury out come in the Tamir Rice case. The congresswoman, who is Black, is leading an effort to unseat McGinty during this year's March Democratic primary.
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The Reverend Larry Macon Sr., senior pastor at the Mt Zion Church of Oakwood Village and president of the United Pastors in Mission, greater Cleveland's most prominent organization of Black clergy.
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| State Representative John Barnes Jr. (D-12), who says that the no indictment by the grand jury in the Tamir Rice case is a "shocking tragedy" |
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CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty remains under fire after manipulating the outcome of the grand jury decision in favor of two White Cleveland cops involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice as Congresswoman Marcia Fudge blasts him, and some 120 greater Cleveland community activists protested outside of his home last week on Cleveland's west side.
Just yesterday the United Pastors in Mission, greater Cleveland's most prominent organization of area Black clergy, led by its president, the Rev Larry Macon Sr. of Mt. Zion Church of Oakwood Village, abruptly canceled a meeting scheduled with the Democratic county prosecutor for Tuesday.
The meeting with McGinty and Black clergy, that was setup for McGinty to try to explain why he recommended a no indictment of police to the grand jury, will not occur, said sources, partly because Black leaders, led by Fudge, want him ousted as he will face Parma Safety Director Mike O'Malley for the March 2016 Democratic primary.
Last month the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party blocked an endorsement for reelection of the embattled county prosecutor.
"I ask the community to continue to support the Rice family and to remain calm," said Fudge, who largely blames McGinty, who is White and a fellow Democrat, for the controversial grand jury decision that has resulted in nearly ongoing community protests since it became public last Monday.
"This is no indictment against the grand jury or the police officers, and I thank both for their service," said the congresswoman, a Black Democrat who represents Ohio's 11th congressional district in Congress. "However, it is an indictment against Prosecutor McGinty whose handling of this case in my opinion tainted the outcome."
A licensed attorney, Fudge said that the community has no way of knowing if the grand jury outcome is correct because McGinty's bias made a mockery of the grand jury process.
Black on Black Crime President Al Porter and Ada Averyhart, 81, were among some 120 community activists who protested at McGinty's home on Friday.
To say the least, McGinty delayed a grand jury review of the Tamir Rice case for nearly a year, and he handpicked experts that lobbied for police before the grand jury.
Both Porter and Averyhart told Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper, that McGinty is a danger to the Black community and others, and they complimented Fudge for standing tall on the issue.
"We do not always agree with the congresswoman but we agree on Tim McGinty needing to go, and we appreciate that Marcia Fudge is standing with us," said Averyhart, a member of the local grassroots groups the Carl Stokes Brigade and the Imperial Women Coalition.
"We appreciate Congresswoman Fudge's stance against Prosecutor McGinty, and want other Black leaders to be more assertive," said Porter.
State Rep. John Barnes Jr. (D-12), a Cleveland Democrat, told Cleveland Urban News.Com that the "no indictment in the Tamir Rice case is a shocking tragedy."
Rice was gunned down on November 22, 2014 in less than two seconds when police officers Timothy Loehmann, a rookie who pulled the trigger, and Frank Garmback, pulled up at a public park and recreation center on the city's west side where the Black kid was toting a toy gun, and following a foiled 9-1-1 call to police dispatchers.(www.clevelandurbannews.com) /(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com).
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