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Community activists to rally for Tanisha Anderson, whom Cleveland police killed in custody, at 5 pm December 11 on the sidewalk at 1372 Ansel Road in Cleveland, the U.S. Department of Justice report found that Cleveland police subject mentally ill people like Anderson to cruel and unusual punishment

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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   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Community activists, led by the Oppressed People's Nation, the Imperial Women Coalition, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Puncture the Silence and Revolution Books, will rally at 5 pm on Thursday, Dec 11 at the intersection of Superior and Ansel  Roads in Cleveland, near where Tanisha Anderson was killed by Cleveland police some three weeks ago.  Anderson, who was Black,  was slammed to the sidewalk and killed while in custody after police came to the family home for a alleged non-violent mental health disturbance. The family said that they sought an ambulance through a 9-11- call, but police came instead, Police killed Anderson when she objec

Community activists meet with Cleveland NAACP officials to discuss foreclosure impropriety, abandoned homes, rape and murder of greater Cleveland women, education, the legal system and courts, and the 137 shots deadly Cleveland police shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, Cleveland NAACP Attorneys Michael Nelson and James Hardiman leave meeting pouting after failing to convince Smith to ignore activists while they continue taking money to allegedly sellout the Black community as co-chairs of the Cleveland NAACP legal redress and criminal justice committees

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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. Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio- The  Cleveland Chapter NAACP entertained a discussion by community activists at its general membership meeting yesterday   at the University Circle  United Methodist Church  in Cleveland. Issues  include  education,  the 137 shots Cleveland police shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell,  housing discrimination, foreclosures, abandoned homes, the rape and murder of greater Cleveland   women, and police complacency, ineptness and

Funeral services for renowned political strategist Arnold Pinkney are Saturday morning at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Mayor Jackson comments on his passing, Mayor Jackson, George Forbes, Rev Caviness, retired congressman Stokes, Cleveland NAACP President the Rev Hilton Smith, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, Governor Kasich, Bill Pickard, State Senator Shirley Smith, State Representatives John Barnes Jr., Bill Patmon and Armond Budish, and Call and Post Associate Publisher and Executive Editor Connie Harper are among those slated to attend, Rev Jesse Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton likely not to attend

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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. Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio Arnold Pinkney CLEVELAND, Ohio- Funeral services for Democratic political strategist Arnold Pinkney, a former Cleveland school board president and Cleveland mayoral candidate who was the campaign manager for the Rev Jesse Jackson's campaign for president, and who help make local Cleveland politicians and also  spearheaded successful schools levy campaigns,  are Saturday, January 18 at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church  in Cleveland, 8712 Quincy Ave. Family visitation