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Mike DeWine refuses to issue Ohio Attorney General opinion on whether Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson can run for mayor due to an expunged felony conviction, and Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh will act as special prosecutor in place of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley for a board of elections hearing on the matter, one that sources say is frivolous, and a witch hunt against the Black councilman....Prosecutor Walsh is a no-nonsence prosecutor with notable wins, including a conviction this year of former Summit County Councilwoman Tamela Lee on corruption-related charges and another win when a judge, in 2016, denied a a bid for a new trial by former Akron police captain and murderer Douglas Prade, who killed ex-wife Dr. Margo Prade in 1997....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Ward 10 councilman and mayoral candidate Jeff Johnson Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley (wearing grey suit) and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (wearing dark blue suit) ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - Republican  Ohio Attorney Gen

By Kathy Wray Coleman: Mayor Jackson gives Cleveland police a 'B' grade and an 'A' for professionalism during State of the City address in spite of unrest around the 137 shots police murder of 2 unarmed Blacks, tragic shooting is reenacted today, dead victim's family member says that 'they are reenacting the murdering,' police union president that called the shooting 'a good shooting' attends reenactment spearheaded by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine

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By  Kathy Wray Coleman,  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. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press) www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor who is two months into his third four-year term, gave his State of the City address on Wednesday at Public Auditorium and surprised people by giving the Cleveland Police Department a 'B' grade and an 'A' for professionalism, even in the wake of a deadly 137 shots gunning down of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell by 13 all non-Black police officers who are still on the job. Moreover, the Ohio Bureau of Identification

Cleveland police union calls for resignation of Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath in response to report by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine that says police, Cleveland Police Department have systemic problems following fatal 137-bullets shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, Mayor Jackson sends city officials around town to seek support for his claim that no systemic problems or racism exist in police department, a hard sale, Jackson has no Blacks on his top level law enforcement leadership team, an insensitive gesture say community activists that heightens the systemic problems DeWine highlighted in his report

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Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Jeff Follmer Republican Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Democratic Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath By Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher, editor-n-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.cleve landurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- The union representing the rank and file of Cleveland police yesterday called for the resignation of Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath, an unprecedented announcement that has shaken up City Hall . "Our members no longer have trust in our chief in his ability to lead and we are asking him to step down," said Jeff Follmer, president of the Police Patrolmen's Association. The demand for McGrath to step down comes in the wake of a report by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released on Tuesday that found violations of departmental policies and procedure

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says Cleveland police broke rules, policies, city law department, police department are in chaos in BCI report on 137-bullets shooting deaths of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell by group of Cleveland police officers, victims family members, police union attorney, Mayor Jackson, county prosecutor Tim McGinty, Congresswoman Fudge, Black elected officials, community activists comment, police now face potential criminal charges with possible Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indictment says McGinty

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Republican Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a former United States senator Democratic Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-11), who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus  Shooting Victim Malissa Williams Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed East Cleveland Councilwoman Barbara Thomas Ohio State Representative Bill Patmon (D-Cleveland)                                           By Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher, editor-n-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.cleve landurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Tuesday released findings by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) in a comprehensive 290 page report on the 137-bullets Cleveland police shooting th