Cleveland activists to picket August 15 over 9 inmate deaths in county jail, malicious prosecutions, excessive sentences against Blacks, inhumane jail conditions, corrupt judges and prosecutors, excessive force, bail reform, speedy trial violations, grand jury tampering, indictment fixing, and other malfeasance, U.S. Marshals issuing findings of unconstitutional and inhumane Cuyahoga County Jail conditions......Activists also want justice for Shelia McFarland, who is Black and serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole aftet calling Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul a racist.....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Greater Cleveland  community members and local community activists, led by Alfref Porter Jr of Black on Black Crime Inc and supported by the Imperial Women Coalition, Fathers Lives Matter, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Black Man's Army, and other Cleveland area activist groups, will again picket the embattled Cuyahoga County Jail at the Justice Center in downtown Cleveland on Aug 15, 2019 at 11 am to protest jail conditions, nine inmate deaths in roughly a year, and for Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst to resign for harassing Blacks and activists, among other matters. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR THIS PROTEST

Cuyahoga County Court of
Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul

Organizers said that issues also include excessive force, bail reform, malicious prosecutions, grand jury tampering, indictment fixing, and excessive sentences by the 34 largely White general division common pleas judges, including that of Sheila McFarland, who is Black and serving a sentence of life without the possibility of parole after calling Judge Daniel Gaul a racist in open court, McFarland accused of conspiracy to commit murder with no real proof, public records reveal.

Her case is currently before the Ohio Supreme Court with oral argument set for December, and her family members, among others subjected to excessive sentences, will speak at the rally.

The aforementioned activist groups are part of a larger group of more than 17 organizations that have formed a county jail coalition, Black Cleveland activists saying that while they belong to the larger group of mainly suburban activists, they reserve the right to act independently on issues impacting greater Cleveland's Black community. 

Cleveland is a largely Black city led by four-term mayor Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor, and Cuyahoga County, the second largest of 88 counties statewide, is 29 percent Black, and a Democratic stronghold.

The Black vote is  crucial in local, regional, statewide and national elections as Ohio is, no doubt, a pivotal state. 

The upcoming protest follows several pickets by community activists over the county jail, the last protest held on May 23, also at the Justice Center, a protest held a week before Sheriff Cliff Pinkney, the county's first Black sheriff, announced he will resign, effective Aug. 2, for "person reasons."  

Last week Pinkney was replaced by interim sheriff David Schillings as a national search ensues for a permanent sheriff, County Executive Armond Budish, who appoints the sheriff in conjunction with the 11-member County Council, under fire too, U.S. Marshals, in November issuing findings of unconstitutional and inhumane jail conditions, including assault on inmates, rat and roach infested jail facilities, and the jailing of pregnant inmates on the floor.  

The county jail is also the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation.

Former jail warden Eric Ivey, former jail director Ken Mills and some six jail guards have been indicted for alleged malfeasance relative to what has been dubbed one of the nation's most notorious jails. 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE FACEBOOK VIDEO OF THE MAY 23 RALLY AGAINST CONDITIONS IN THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY JAIL BY CLEVELAND CHANNEL 3 NEWS

"At the August 15 rally we will be calling out judges for excessive sentences and we want Judge Nancy Fuerst removed from the bench, her last venture being her refusal to assign indigent Blacks and activists legal counsel in serious cases where they are falsely accused of crimes against White police officers who have harassed them, and this occurs after this runaway judge removes their appointed attorneys from the cases," said activist Alfred Porter Jr., president of Black on Black Crime Inc.

Cuyahoga County Court of
Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst

Porter said public records also show that Judge Fuerst is allegedly covering up indictment fixing, falsification of court records by the clerk of courts, and grand jury manipulation. And, data show that she is illegally jailing Blacks who miss trials she will not docket or journalize in writing as required via case law, coupled with scheduling trials in under 24 hours and issuing warrants when Blacks who do not get formal notice of such trials fail to appear. 

Finally, Fuerst is threatening Blacks with jail if they insult White male criminal defense attorneys like Cleveland attorney Brian McGraw whom she handpicks as indigent counsel to get illegal convictions against poor Blacks beyond the speedy trial period and in the absence of a mandated preliminary hearing, all of this, and other malfeasance, to allegedly undermine the Black community and to cover up public corruption by her judicial peers, prosecutors, county officials, and a host of others. 

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
Mike O'Malley

Also at the rally,  activists will take on County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley for overcrowding the jail with some innocent people, and prosecuting Blacks and activists beyond the speedy trial time in cooperation with Fuerst and several of the other largely White common pleas judges to get erroneous convictions.

After ousting fellow Democrat Tim McGinty, O'Malley has been county prosecutor since 2017, and absolutely nothing has changed for the betterment of the Black community, in spite of his campaign promises to do right by Black people. 

 A noted fool who regularly shielded cops who shot and killed innocent Blacks from indictments, McGinty  fell into dispute with his own Democratic party after fraternizing with Republicans and snitching to the Ohio Supreme Court on  common pleas judges though McGinty, a common pleas judge turned county prosecutor, was just as crooked, data show.

He lost reelection by roughly 10 percentage points to O'Malley, a former Parma safety director and chief deputy under former county prosecutor Bill Mason, now the chief of staff to embattled County Executive Budish. 

Cuyahoga County Presiding and Administrative
Judge John Russo

Activists want a comprehensive investigation by the FBI and other authorities of the Cuyahoga County general division common pleas bench, which is led by presiding and administrative judge John Russo.

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