Cleveland Councilman Blaine Griffin to chair city council's safety (forces) committee as the city remains a party to a consent decree for police reforms, which came about after the police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice and those of Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, who were unarmed and gunned down by police, who fired 137 bullets at them, execution style....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news sites in Ohio. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a background in legal and scientific reporting. She is also a former 15-year public school biology teacher. CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelly has appointed Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin , a former executive director of the com...