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Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after publicly supporting Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath after police union called for chief's resignation, some Black elected officials say media coverage against Reed might be racist, Council President Martin Sweeney, under investigation himself for potentially having an unlawful interest in a public contract, is accused of holding a grudge against Reed, who is Black

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Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed 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-Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving early yesterday morning, nearly three weeks after he publicly supported embattled Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath in spite of the demand for the chief's resignation  last month by the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, the union for the police rank and file.  McGrath is under fire relative to the fatal shooting late last year by a group of White Cleveland police officers of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell,  both gunned down and shot at 137 times following a police chase that began in downtown Cleveland and led police into the neighboring predominantly...

BREAKING NEWS:Cleveland officials to host community forum today, Dec 6, on the 137-bullets-Bonnie-and-Clyde-type -shooting of Black victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell , community activists outraged, city hall law enforcement leadership team has no Blacks, community activists outraged, call for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Cleveland City Council Safety Committee Chairperson Kevin Conwell to speak out more

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Malissa Williams, 30 and Timothy Ray Russell, 43, both gun down last week by Cleveland police in a Bonnie-and-Clyde- type -shooting replete with 137 shots into the car they occupied after a 25 minute car chase from the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in Cleveland into East Cleveland. Neither were wanted by the law and no gun nor gun shell casings were found in or near the car at issue. The incident has outraged community activists and the Black community, forcing a  Cleveland City Hall community forum today, Dec 6 at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland , 1161 E. 105th St. 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.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Cleveland City Hall Community Relations Board Director Blaine Griffin will host a community forum on the 137 bullets-Bonnie-and-Clyde-type- shooting last week by Cleveland police of unarmed Blacks vict...