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137 bullets Cleveland police shooting victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, both gunned down on Nov. 29 by a group of White Cleveland police officers following a car chase from downtown Cleveland that led police to neighboring East Cleveland. Both were unarmed and no criminal charges against the police assailants that are still on the job seem  imminent By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Imperial Women and other community activists groups have voted to picket the offices of the Cleveland NAACP On April 25 at its headquarters at 2131 Stokes Blvd. in Cleveland if an open legal redress committee meeting to address deadly shootings by Cleveland police, Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud, judicial impropriety and a host of other community issues that NAACP officials promised to hold for the past nine weeks is not scheduled by next week.  "We have been patient enough," said Ka

Jazmine Trotter Christine Malone By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- Community activists will hold a 6 pm to 6 am camp-out at the corner of E. 93rd St and Prince Ave. on Cleveland's east side near the site where Jazmine Trotter, 20, was raped and murdered last week at an abandoned house,  which is a mile from the site  at E. 93 St. and Bessemer Ave. where Christine  Malone, 45, was  raped and murdered, also last week. An abduction attempt last week of of a third  Black woman at E. 66th St. has community activists upset too. Sponsoring groups include Survivors/Victims Of Tragedy, The Imperial Women and  Black on Black Crime Inc. For more information contact Judy Martin at 216-990-0679, Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473 or Art McKoy at 216-253-4070. Activists will also hold a press conference at 7:30 pm at

Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Community activists will protest today, April 4, at 5 pm on Public Square in downtown Cleveland over fatal police shootings, including the shooting deaths late last year by Cleveland police of unarmed Blacks Malissa Wiliams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, both gunned down with a hail of some 137 bullets following a police chase from downtown Cleveland that ended near a middle school in the neighboring city of East Cleveland.  The rally will also address other victims of violence in Greater Cleveland, organizers said. For more information contact Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043 or Griot Y-Von at 216-355-3374. Some 65 police cars were involved in a 28 minute police chase with 13 all non-Black Cleveland police officers participating in the deadl

137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray  Russell Newly Elected Cleveland Chapter NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith By Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher, editor-in-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- Family members and attorneys of alleged excessive force Cleveland police deadly shooting victims and community activists attended the Cleveland NAACP meeting Monday night to seek support from the local chapter of the nation's most prominent Civil Rights organization.  Chapter president the Rev Hilton Smith led the meeting and was gracious and supportive, community activists said after the gathering. More that 50 community activists were there. Speakers include Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Attorney Terry Gilbert, the family of slain Parma father o

Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee Chairperson Attorney Una H.R. Keenon, president of the East Cleveland Board of Education and a retired East Cleveland Municipal  Court judge Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee Member Attorney James Hardiman, who is also the legal director for the Ohio ACLU State Representative Bill Patmon (D-10), a Cleveland Democrat who moderated a community meeting with community activists who are seeking support from the Cleveland NAACP on pressing issues impacting the Black community and others 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- Some 80 community activists met with Cleveland NAACP Legal Redress Committee Chair Attorney Una Kennon and legal redress committee member and Ohio ACLU Legal Director James Hardiman at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Public Libra

East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton Cleveland NAACP Interim Director Arlene Anderson Community Activist Art McKoy, a founder of the grassroots group Black on Black Crime Inc. Community Activist Khalid Samad, who leads the grassroots group Peace in the Hood  Democratic Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, a controversial figure and retired Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge who took campaign contributions and was endorsed this year for election for the seat by the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association. Community activists are investigating his role in the investigation as a potential conflict of interest.  Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Ray Russell, 43, both shot at 137 times and gunned down two weeks ago by a group of White Cleveland police officers following a car chase from Cleveland that led into East Cleveland, a nearby predominantly Black and impoverished suburb of Cleveland, which is also majority Black and Ohio's second larges

Convicted Serial Killer Of 11 Black Women Anthony Sowell From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Many community activists and Clevelanders rallied and prayed on Saturday, Oct 27 at the site of the since demolished home on Imperial Ave in Cleveland, Oh of Convicted Serial Killer Anthony Sowell to remember the 11 Black women that he murdered and dismembered. Sowell was convicted last year of 82 of 83 counts, including multiple counts of aggravated murder of the Imperial women, and the rape of three other Black women at his then home on the city's predominantly Black east side of town. His convictions and death penalty sentence are currently on appeal before the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals.  Rally speakers include State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25), state Reps John Barnes Jr. (D-12) and Bill Patmon (D-10), Cleveland Councilpersons, Kenneth Johnson, Mamie Mitchell and Zack Reed

The billboard at 35th St and Community College Ave. near Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland on its predominantly Black east side of town in the impoverished Central Neighborhood where Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson lives that was taken down on Oct. 22 by the advertising company  Clear  Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc.  after outcries by Black elected officials and a protest by community activists. Activists and Cleveland area councilpersons and state legislators had called  the billboard and 29 others around Cleveland like it racist, unconstitutional, voter suppression and voter intimidation of Ohio communities that have a large number of poor and minority voters. A press conference by Black elected officials and a picket by community activist groups such as The Imperial Women, Black on Black Crime, Peace in the Hood, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and Organize Ohio  over the aforementioned Clear Channel billboard was held on Oct. 11 and made national news, including CNN and MSNBC. (