Protest Around Imperial Avenue Murders Prompts Mayoral Attention, Women's Groups
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 (National and Cleveland, Ohio Area News) By Kathy Wray Coleman (Editor of The Determiner Weekly and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network) The group of protesters that rallied on the steps of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center on Tuesday with demands to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cleveland City Council around the Imperial Avenue Murders of 11 Black women, allegedly at the hands of rapist Anthony Sowell, did not go unnoticed. Television media from all of the Cleveland area's prominent news stations rallied to the group asking questions as to an agenda that they outlined in a letter to the mayor and City Council hours before the protest. “While there have been a number of vigils around the Imperial Avenue killings that we certainly support, we must look beyond the cosmetic dialogue and address the need for substantive change in public policy around the missing persons issues by w