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Updated: Suspected gunman arrested: Two White police officers shot during Ferguson protest, racial tensions over DOJ report and no federal or state criminal charges against White officer that shot and killed unarmed Black teen Michael Brown continue to mount, President Obama comments, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls the suspected gunman "a damn punk"

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Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri during a protest held early Thursday morning that saw two officers shot. (Photo compliments of Getty Images). Slain Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown 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  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 22 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson St Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCullouch FERGUSON, Missouri - Two White police officers were shot Thursday morning while policing a protest in Ferguson, Missouri outside of the police station, both of them released hours later from an area hospital with non-threatening injuries. A 41-year-old officer was shot in the

Cleveland activists, college students to protest today, March 23, 4 pm at Tower City over Trayvon Martin murder

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Trayvon Martin NAACP President Ben Jealous The Rev. Al Sharpton By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog. Com and Cleveland Urban News.Com News.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) (Editor's note: The capitalized typing in parts of this article is beyond are technical control and is only occurring as to this controversial article) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Community activist groups and area high school and college students will gather on Fri., March 23, at 4 pm at Tower City in downtown Cleveland to rally and then march to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center, 1200 Ontario St, to express outrage over the handling of the the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin by a White neighborhood watchmen in the gated community where his father lives. Anger over the killing of the Black teen as generated nationwide protests with the U.S. Department of Justice launching an investigation around th