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
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
