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Community activists, led by Alfred Porter and Kathy Wray Coleman, remember Cleveland police shooting victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell on the four-year anniversary of the Cleveland police 137 bullets fatal shooting.... Activists highlighted, via Cleveland Fox 8 News and Cleveland Channel 3 News coverage, that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty this year lost reelection over his handling of the issue and Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell lost his bid this year to the Ohio Supreme Court for acquitting Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo of manslaughter charges in a bench trial in the case.... Brelo gunned down Williams and Russell slinging 49 of the 137 bullets.....The 12 other Cleveland cops that did the shooting escaped prosecution with McGinty's help....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Pictured are since fired Cleveland Police officer Michael Brelo and his fatal shooting victims Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43. Brelo gunned them down while shooting 49 bullets, and after jumping aboard the hood of the car Russell was driving. Brelo was cleared in May of 2015 of manslaughter charges in a bench trial before Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell Cuyahoga Count Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell, who acquitted since fired Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo of gunning down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell with 49 bullets. Following fallout from the Black community relative to his controversial acquittal, O'Donnell lost a bid this year for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court Outgoing Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who lost reelection this year following fallout from the Black community and after he protected 12 Cleveland cops from indictments on criminal charges for g

Tamir Rice killer cop goes free, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty under fire: White Cleveland cops involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice escape county grand jury indictments on criminal charges, and Mayor Jackson says hearings will now go forward for possible internal disciplinary charges....McGinty is under fire as racial unrest mounts....Black elected officials and community activists comment to Cleveland Urban News.Com, and activists renew the call for McGinty to resign....McGinty faces reelection next year and did not get the endorsement of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.... Community activists say that the county grand jury process is unconstitutional, anti-Black, pro-police, and often rigged....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the three-term Black mayor of the largely Black major American city 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 and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS  alone. Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer that shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio  —   A Cuyahoga County, Ohio grand jury has  decided   against  indictments on criminal charges of two White and over anxious Cleveland cops involved

20th anniversary of Million Man March draws thousands to Washington, D.C., Minister Louis Farrakhan gives keynote address....Farrakhan denounces abortion and human trafficking, demands Civil and human rights, and says that the Black Lives Matter activists are the Civil Rights leaders of the future....12-year-old Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Tamir Rice is mentioned in this article....Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who is White, pro-cop, and a former county judge, is accused by community activists of racism and of allegedly manipulating expert witness reports designed to deter a county grand jury from indicting Cleveland police in the Rice shooting....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman www.clevelandurbannews.com

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The 20th anniversary celebration of the 1995 historic Million Man March drew thousands to the nation's capital in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Oct 10, 2015. The original march occurred on October 16, 1995. 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 and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan WASHINGTON, D.C.- Thousands gathered on Saturday on Mall A in Washington D.C. at the nation's capital to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March, an event centered around police killings and civil and human rights, and sp

Cleveland NAACP demands changes in consent decree between city of Cleveland and DOJ on police reforms, including barring police from policing themselves, bias free policing, and an inspector general that does not report to Police Chief Calvin Williams....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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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 and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  Attorney James Hardiman CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Collaborative for a Safe, Fair and Just Cleveland, and the Cleveland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild held a press conference earlier today to announce the filing today of an amicus brief in federal district court in response to the consent decree on police reforms negotiated with the city of Cleveland and the federal government.  (Editor's note

The defense rest: Greater Cleveland community activists to protest on two separate occasions on May 4 at 10 am, and two hours after any Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo manslaughter verdict by Judge O'Donnell on Lakeside Avenue at Justice Center...Activists call for a conviction....Tamir Rice family to attend May 4 rally....Brelo gunned down two unarmed Blacks with 49 bullets....Call Art McKoy at (216) 253-4070 for more information....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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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. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.     ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell CLEVELAND, Ohio- Greater Cleveland community activists groups will protest at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center on Lakeside Avenue in downtown Cleveland on two occasions, on Monday, May 4 at 10 am, and two hours after any manslaughter verdict of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo. On Thursday, the defense rested, and closing arguments are set for Tuesday, May 5.  The verdict rally will go on, organizers said, regardless of the verdict by Common Pleas Judge J

Congresswoman Fudge denounces recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson as divisive, says she will convene a community meeting on that issue and the DOJ report of systemic problems in the largely White Cleveland Police Department, other community grievances....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland NAACP Attorney Michael Nelson Sr. speaks to about 30 people during a meeting held Thursday evening , March 19 on Cleveland's largely Black east side relative to a recall effort against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.  To the direct left of Nelson is Norm Edwards, and to his left is Ken Bender. Edwards and Bender lead the Black Contractors Group of greater Cleveland.  WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes the city of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, issued a press statement on April 14 expressing opposition to efforts by a group of citizens, led by local criminal defense attorney Michael Nelson Sr. and Black contractors Group leaders Ken Bender and Norm Edwards, to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson from office. "The campaign to recall Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackso