Community activists want answers for the Cleveland police killing of 21-year-old Thomas Yatsko and say the mainstream media are also allegedly in on the cover-up, activist Khalid Samad and other activists also calling for any surveillance video of the police killing of the unarmed Black man, Samad supported by a host of Cleveland activists, including Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc, Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition and Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade, all three of whom joined Samad, other activists, and friends and family members of Yatsko, and others for a recent protest led by Samad regarding the tragic killing....Police say Yatsko was killed after he went back in the bowling alley after the White off-duty Cleveland cop, who was working as a security guard the night of the incident, put him out after a fight with another man, and Samad says Yatsko, who had no criminal record, allegedly went back in to get his jacket....The mainstream media, said Samad, are hiding the truth from the public.... Racial unrest around the police killing of the Black man continues to mount....Yatsko's death comes following the Cleveland police killings in recent years of Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Malissa Williams, Timothy Russell, Brandon Jones, Rapper Kenneth Smith and other unarmed Blacks, and as racial policies and policies as to excessive force are changing as the consent decree for Cleveland police reforms gets underway in Cleveland, policy changes under the guidance of federal court watch and the U.S. Department of Justice of which police union officials traditionally oppose...... By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Thomas Yatsko (left) and longtime Cleveland Activist Khalid Samad of  the grassroots organizations Peace in the Hood and the Task Force for Community Mobilization, Samad and other local comunity activists demanding answers from authorities relative to the tragic police killing of the young-unarmed 21-year-old Black man who had no criminal record

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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -Community activists are demanding answers relative to the shooting death by an off-duty Cleveland police officer last month of  21-year-old Thomas Yatsko, who was Black and  killed by Cleveland Police Sgt Dean Graziolly at the Corner Alley bowling alley on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland's University Circle neighborhood, Graziolly working as a part-time security guard where the tragic incident occurred. 

Graziolly, who is White and a veteran on the city's largely White police force, is assigned to light duty with pay as the police investigation into the matter continues.

"There is more to this story and the mainstream media and others are trying to cover-up the truth," said longtime community activist Khalid Samad of Peace in the Hood and the Task Force for Community Mobilization. 

Racial unrest regarding the police killing of Yatsko, described by family members and friends as level headed and a role model for his younger brothers, continues to mount. 

Yatsko's untimely death by police comes as racial policies and policies as to excessive force are changing as the consent decree for Cleveland police reforms gets underway in Cleveland, policy changes under the guidance of federal court watch and the U.S. Department of Justice of which police union officials traditionally oppose.

Samad and community activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc led a protest outside of the bowling alley the night of Jan 20, a well attended vigil that also included Cleveland activists Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition, Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade, other activists, friends, and family members of the shooting victim, including siblings, uncles, and Yatsko's mother and father, his mother, Melissa Yatsko, still upset that it took days for authorities to notify her of her son's killing in spite of nationwide news reports on the controversial killing by police..

The shooting, which follows a host of high profile Cleveland police killings of Black men and boys in recent years, including 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Brandon Jones and rapper Kenneth Smith, happened about 11 p.m Jan. 15 .

According to police reports, a fight broke out inside of the bowling alley on the city's largely Black east side and in a highly trafficked part of town, and Grazioll escorted Yatsko and another young man outside after they were kicked out of the establishment. 

Yatsko allegedly came back inside of the bowling alley and Graziolly shot and killed him, claiming he had been allegedly attacked and injured by the small-frame young man.

But Samad said he has been advised that Yatsko, who had no criminal record, went back into the bowling alley to allegedly get his jacket and that law enforcement and city officials are withholding any surveillance video.

At least one witness allegedly heard shots but it is not clear if that alleged witness saw the shooting.

Police said that there were no other reported injuries relative to the incident.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.