White cop that killed Luke Stewart will not be charged: Cuyahoga County grand jury refuses to indict the White Euclid, Ohio cop that gunned down unarmed Black motorist Luke Stewart, his mother, Mary Stewart, of whom spoke to Clevelandurbannews.com editor Kathy Wray Coleman as to what she says is the erroneous killing of her 23-year-old son, and as racial unrest mounts.....Euclid is a largely White middle class suburb of Cleveland....Cuyahoga County grand juries routinely refuse to indict cops that kill Blacks on criminal charges, from the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland police in 2014 to a host of other Cleveland police killings in the past five years, including Tanisha Anderson, Malissa Williams, Timothy Russell, and aspiring rapper Kenneth Smith.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, and Imperialwomencoalition.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders
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| Euclid police fatal shooting victim Luke Stewart, 23 and unarmed at the time of his untimely death in March by a White cop who escaped an indictment on criminal charges on Tuesday by a largely White Cuyahoga County grand jury. Stewart's mother, Mary Stewart, and his sister, Tierra Stewart, spoke on the loss of their loved one to editor Kathy Wray Coleman of ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com
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CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS-COM, CLEVELAND Ohio- The White Euclid, Ohio cop that gunned down 23- year- old resident Luke Stewart, who was Black and unarmed, will not face criminal charges, a Cuyahoga County grand jury determined on Tuesday, a controversial no bill (no indictment) that comes just eight days after greater Cleveland community activists, led by Black Lives Matter Cleveland, temporarily shut down a Euclid City Council meeting after city council and the mayor ignored their concerns relative to what they say is clearly excessive force by police.
Euclid police officer Matthew Rhodes was not indicted by the largely White grand jury for fatally shooting Stewart, an unarmed Black, which is routine in Cuyahoga County, from the fatal police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland police in 2014 to a host of other Cleveland police killings in the past five years, including Tanisha Anderson, Malissa Williams, Timothy Russell, and aspiring rapper Kenneth Smith.
"That was my son and we want justice," said Stewart's mother, Mary Stewart, to ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman at the city council sit-in rally last Monday at Euclid City Hall.
His sister, Tierra Stewart, told ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com that "we need officer Mathew Rhodes off the streets."
Euclid is a middle class Cleveland suburb of some 50,000 residents that is roughly 60 percent Black.
An attorney for the Stewart family said Tuesday that the young man's family members had hoped grand jury proceedings would be fair, but to no avail.
The office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who, among others, is seeking the Republican nomination for governor next year, handled the investigation and presented the case to the grand jury after Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley passed on investigating the matter, partly because of political implications, sources said Tuesday.
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