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Community activists to protest today in East Cleveland on public comments by Cleveland police union president that Blacks allegedly with drugs in their system can be gunned down without the opportunity to surrender, protest is at 6 pm behind Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland at Lee Road and Terrace Ave., county prosecutor Tim McGinty, who is pro-police, to decide if charges will be filed against the all White group of Cleveland policemen involved in the 137-bullets deadly shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell, community activists say that Cleveland and East Cleveland area Black preachers, Black elected officials need to stand up on the issue

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Malissa Williams, left, and Timothy Ray Russell 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-Community activists will protest today, Jan 28, at 6 pm behind Heritage Middle School in East Cle veland at Lee Road and Terrace Ave. over published comments  to the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper last week by Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Jerry Follmer. A veteran cop, Follmer told the Plain Dealer that the recent public announcement that the Cuyahoga County examiner allegedly found drugs in the system of shooting victims Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell justifies the deadly shooting, though an investigation by the City of East Cleveland and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, and an internal investigation by Cleveland officials are underway.  Family members of Wil