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The Rev Jimmy Gates resigns from panel that will choose Cleveland Police Commission for police reforms relative to consent decree after the Plain Dealer Newspaper exposes his criminal past....The Imperial Women Coalition support the resignation and say Gates harassed them and dared them to rally last year as to the annual anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders.....Mayor Jackson and District Attorney Steve Dettelbach say Gates has changed his wicked ways....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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The Rev Jimmy Gates From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  District Attorney Steve Dettelbach Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Rev Jimmy Gates, a Black Cleveland preacher who went to prison in 2003 for taking bribes  as a top official under former Cleveland mayor Jane Campbell   that Mayor Frank Jackson and U.S. District Attorney Steve Dettelbach  recently  announced as one of 11 panelists chosen to select people for the city's court-ordered 10-member community Cleveland Police Commission , has resigned. Gates also pleaded guilty in 2012 for a mortgagee crime. In the matter of United States v. City of Cleveland
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Community activists, elected officials rally in Cleveland on Seymour Avenue as to the second year anniversary of the rescue of the Ariel Castro victims, local news channels 5, 3, 8, and 19 cover event....Activists call for Mayor Jackson to implement the 27 recommendations around the Imperial Avenue Murders, want suspected East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison brought to trial, and call for the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold the convictions and death sentence of Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell ....Activists say that the apathy by city and county officials as to violence against women is no different than the apathy as to the Cleveland police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's Most Read Online Digital Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist, legal and political reporter, and a 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by the Imperial Women Coalition , greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials (Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins), and Seymour Avenue residents rallied on May 6 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side where the home of convicted kidnapper and child rapist Ariel Castro once stood. Mainstream media local television stations 3, 5, 19 and Fox 8 news covered the well-attended event. Castro held victims Mic
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Press release: Rally May 6, 2015: Imperial Women Coalition, other activists groups, Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins, victims of violence to rally against violence against women and children on May 4, 2015 at 4:30 pm, at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, the second anniversary of the rescue of Ariel Castro victims Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry....Call Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473 for more information....A woman is raped every two minutes, data show....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's Most Read Online Digital Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist, legal and political reporter, and a 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by the Imperial Women Coalition, greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials (Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins), victims of rape and other violence, and others will rally at 4:30 pm Wednesday, May 6 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side where the home of convicted kidnapper and child rapist Ariel Castro once stood. For more information
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Trial for suspected East Cleveland serial murderer Michael Madison to begin, activists, Black elected officials to rally against violence against women at 3:30 pm on Sunday January 11 at the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the three victims bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags: Call the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473 for more information: By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Suspected serial killer Michael Madison  From left: Angela Deskins,  Shirellda Terry and  Shetisha Sheeley, the alleged victims of suspected serial killer Michael Madison  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  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist, educator, and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -Suspected East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison will go on trial on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland, and community activists will rally against violence against women on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 3:30 pm at the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland, which is adjacent to whe
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Activist Kathy Wray Coleman rallies with other activists for Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old Black boy shot and killed by Cleveland police for sporting a toy gun, photo by Lynn Ischay of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio' s largest newspaper

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Cleveland.com Set Weather Sign in NEWS LOCAL NEWS BUSINESS SPORTS H.S. SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT Photos from The Plain Dealer Cleveland Area News, Community, Sports, Weather Images & Pictures Vigil, protests for Tamir Rice Monday, November 24, 2014 7:59 PM 0   By  Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer  Email the author  |  Follow on Twitter   Follow Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition makes her voice heard, shouting to end the violence, at a vigil in honor of Tamir Rice. (Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer}. The 12-year-old Rice was killed Nov 22 by a rookie Cleveland police officer who mistaked a toy gun for a real one. Hundreds of community activists and others, including Rice's family members, rallied for Rice at Public Square in downtown Cleveland and at the Cudell Recreation Center on Cleveland's west side on Monday, Nov. 24 Share this photo Print Email Story to
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Cleveland City Council rejects firefighters tentative union contract because it eliminated longstanding clause of termination for conviction of domestic violence, Mayor Jackson pushed rejection issue supported by Imperial Women Coalition, women activists

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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 ) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson CLEVELAND, Ohio-Per the urging of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland City Council voted 16-1 at its regular meeting on Monday evening to adopt legislation against a tentative collective bargaining agreement between the city and the firefighter's union because of a controversial provision that eliminates a longstanding clause that requires that any firefighter convicted of domestic violence is immediately terminated. The stalemate sends the two parties, the firefighters union and the city of Cleveland, back to the negotiating table. City council has 30 days to approve a contract, tentatively. Ongoing fighting between union leaders and the Jackson administration has stalled negotiations for a new two
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Cleveland community activists to rally in front of home where 12-year-old girl was murdered on Friday November 7, 2014 at 5 pm at 6909 Clement Avenue on Cleveland's east side, call 216-659-0473 for more information, activist groups include the Imperial Women Coalition, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, Black on Black Crime Inc, and the Carl Stokes Brigade

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12-year-old Davia Garth 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   K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - Community activists will rally at 5 pm on Friday, Nov 7 in front of the house at 6909 Clement Avenue on Cleveland's east side where a Cleveland man last week shot and killed his 12-year-old  stepdaughter during a domestic dispute with her mother. (For directions, take Harvard Avenue to E. 71st St and turn right if coming from downtown and then go a couple of blocks and turn right on to Clement Avenue). Call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information on Friday's upcoming rally. Booking photo of suspected child murde
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