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Cleveland teen Alianna DeFreeze's murderer prepares for death penalty phase as community activists call for punishment to the fullest extent of the law for Christopher Whitaker....Activists Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition and Khalid Samad of Peace in the Hood, who both organized a vigil last year after the murder, say their activist groups have 'no mercy on Whitaker,' who dismembered Alianna's body with lawn tools....DeFreeze is one of more than a half a dozen Black women and girls murdered on Cleveland's east side since December 2012 within a two mile radius near East 93rd and Bessemer Avenue up to nearby Harvard Avenue.....Cleveland homicides in 2017 were down from 2016, the city recording some 130 homicides in 2017 and 168 homicides in 2016....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Fourteen-year-old Alianna DeFreeze of Cleveland, and her killer, 45-year-old Christopher Whitaker, who faces the death penalty phase after a Cuyahoga County grand jury on Tuesday convicted him of rape, kidnapping, aggravated murder and other crimes against the Black teen whose body was dismembered Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -A Cuyahoga County jury on Tuesday issued a guilty-on-all

Imperial Avenue Murders vigil set for Jan 3, 2017: Ohio Supreme Court upholds Anthony Sowell's convictions and death sentence and activists will hold a criminal case closure vigil at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 on Imperial Avenue where Sowell murdered 11 Black women.....Call Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473, Khalid Samad of Peace in the Hood at 216-538-4043 and Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc at 216-804-7462 for more information....The Ohio Supreme Court voted 5-2 to uphold Sowell's convictions and death sentence with Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor and Justice William O'Neil, the only Democrat on the seven-member all White court, dissenting, O' Neil saying the death penalty is unconstitutional and O'Connor on other grounds....The NAACP opposes the death sentence while some but not all community activists say serial killers like Anthony Sowell are the exception...Black Lives Matter to also be in attendance.....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Convicted serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell The 11 Black women (pictured above) murdered on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland by convicted serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell. (Editor's note: See full pictures at the end of this atricle of the 11 Black female murder victims of Sowell ). ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the

Some 700 people protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Cleveland....View the Cleveland Fox 8 News and Cleveland WKYC Channel 3 News coverage videos of activist Kathy Wray Coleman's speech and chants at the rally....Coleman leads the Imperial Women Coalition and calls for Trump to diversify his all White male transition team and proposed cabinet, says people of color and women are at risk .....Key rally organizer Marty Krebs says more rallies are forthcoming....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Hundreds gather at Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 18, 2016 to rally against United States President-elect Donald Trump. The protesters say they are angry over Trump's insensitive campaign rhetoric and the lack of diversity relative to his all White male transition team and his all White male proposed cabinet to date.  One speaker at the rally said Trump is taking Blacks and women back to the 1960s and that the pendulum has swung as women, Black America and other people of color are getting hostile treatment and are being ignored for key positions in the Trump administration CLICK ON THE CLEVELAND FOX 8 TELEVISION NEWS VIDEO IN THE PICTURE BELOW FOR COVERAGE OF THE CLEVELAND ANTI-TRUMP RALLY WITH SPEECHES BY CLEVELAND ACTIVIST KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AND OTHERS.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SAME VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE OF CLEVELAND FOX 8 NEWS CLICK ON THE CLEVELAND WKYC CHANNEL 3 TELEVISION NEWS VIDEO IN THE PICTURE BELOW TO VIEW COVERAGE OF THE CLEVELAND ANTI-TRUMP

Community activists to rally to say 'Black Lives Matter' at Free Stamp at Cleveland City Hall at 11:15 am, February 7, 2015 followed by the noon 'Black Flag Raising Ceremony' and a Black History Month program, both also at City Hall, Activist Khalid Samad to be honored for 40 years of community service by Cleveland City Council on February 9

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Amir Khalid A. Samad of Peace in the Hood and Khalil A. Rashid lead a march in February of 2014 outside of Cleveland City Hall to raise the 'African-American Flag' as an annual salute to Black History Month. Community activists will host the annual event this year on February 7, 2015  beginning with a 'Black Lives Matter' rally at the Free Stamp outside of Cleveland City Hall at 11:15 am. The raising of the 'African-American Flag' will be led by Samad and local dentist Dr. Eugene Jordan of the Underground Railroad Society and will occur at noon on the steps of City Hall followed by a Black History Month program inside at the City Hall Rotunda Building  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-The  Underground Railroad Society