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Coroner rules death of unarmed Black woman Tanisha Anderson by Cleveland police while in custody a homicide, community activists fought for homicide ruling, family demands indictment on criminal charges against police officer that killed Tanisha, Tanisha's sister comments, family to file wrongful death, Civil Rights lawsuit

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Tanisha Anderson From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's most Read online Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -Tanisha Anderson, the unarmed 37-year-old schizophrenic Black woman killed in November by Cleveland police at her home on Cleveland's east side while in handcuffs, was the victim of a police homicide, the Cuyahoga County medical examiner announced Friday, a finding that follows community protests for a homicide ruling and demands for justice for the unarmed Black woman and her family. Anderson was    physically restrained in a prone position  when she was died on Nov 13, the coroner said. A homicide ruling in general does not mean for sure that police and the city of Cleveland are liable, but in Anderson's case, it was pertinent because

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

Vigil held for Tanisha Anderson, the unarmed Black woman killed by Cleveland police, Imperial Women Coalition, community activists call for county coroner to issue ruling of homicide, Cleveland NAACP officials tried to hush criticism of police at the vigil, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Tanisha Anderson  From the Metro Desk of 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  Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -The family of Tanisha Anderson, community activists and the Cleveland NAACP, led by Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Sheila Wright, held a vigil on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the family home on Ansel Road in Cleveland where the 37-year-old unarmed Black woman was killed by police on Nov 12.   CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FAMILY WEBSITE TO DONATE FOR FUNERAL SERVICES OR OTHERWISE FOR TANISHA ANDERSON Community activists, some of whom came with stop-police- brutality signs, were asked not to rally but to allow the family to pray, and Cleveland NAACP affiliates asked some activists also not to publicly criticize police at the event, which was covered by local television channels 5 an

Vigil for Tanisha Anderson, the unarmed Black woman killed by Cleveland police on November 12, is at 5 pm on Saturday, November 22, 2014, activists, family members, Cleveland NAACP members to attend

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Tanisha Anderson 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 and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -The family of Tanisha Anderson and community activists, Cleveland NAACP members, and others will hold a vigil on Saturday,  Nov. 22 at 5 pm at the family home on 1372 Ansel Road in Cleveland where the 37-year-old unarmed Black woman was killed by police . (For directions take Saint Clair Avenue from downtown Cleveland, turn right onto 40th Street, take the first left onto Superior Avenue/U.S.-6 East, and turn slight right onto Ansel Avenue just past East 92nd Street).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FAMILY WEBSITE TO DONATE FOR FUNERAL SERVI