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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson From the Metro Desk of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Members of a grassroots organization formed in 2009 after the remains of 11 Black women were discovered on Imperial Ave at the home of suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell will for the third time picket in front of the home of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, 2327 E. 38th St in Cleveland. The widely expected protest will be at noon Sat, April 9. Contact persons are Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114 and Roz McAllister at 216-577-0466. The Imperial Women say that Jackson has blocked a necessary investigation as to Sowell's release from custody in 2008 when Gladys Wade reported an attempted rape to police and that his administration has not done enough to make Black and other women in Cleveland safe. "This protest is long overdue and I will be there to help lead it," said Roz McAllister, a member of the Imperial Women who has protested on

Rebecca Whitby, 25, and her now 4 month-old daughter Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul Community Activist Art McKoy From the Metro Desk of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ART MCKOY TO LEAD RALLY TO FREE REBECCA WHITBY IN COOPERATION WITH BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, THE LUCASVILLE UPRISING FREEDOM NETWORK,THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE'S NATION, THE PEOPLE'S FORUM, THE CARL STOKES BRIGADE, THE IMMIGRANT SUPPORT NETWORK, PEOPLE FOR THE IMPERIAL ACT, CLEVELAND FIST, WORKERS WORLD, BAILOUT THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT, THE IMPERIAL WOMEN AND OTHERS To: All Media, Community Members and Others Contacts: Art McKoy, 216-253-4070., Marva Patterson, 216-334-7013, Don Bryant, 1-440-623-0492, or Kathy Wray Coleman, 216-932-3114 Who: A coalition fighting to free Rebecca Whitby, the young Black mother, 25, with a four-month old baby sentenced to 6 months in prison last week by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Jud

Destini Bronaugh (rt) and and her mother, Tina Bronaugh Plain Dealer photo of Community Activist Art McKoy, (lt) and Tina Bronaugh (far rt) protesting with community activists last year at Collinwood High School over the brutal arrest of Destini Bronaugh and her younger sister Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLaughlin Murray From the Metro Desk of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Just two days after allowing her paid attorney to withdraw at the request of the family Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLaughlin Murray summoned Collinwood High School graduate Destini Bronaugh to her courtroom Thurs., March 10. Bronaugh, 19, who graduated last summer, is facing misdemeanor charges of obstruction of official business and resisting arrest brought by the City of Cleveland in retaliation for her participation last May in a peaceful student protest at the school arou

Rebecca Whitby, 25, and her now 4 month-old daughter Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Presiding and Administrative Judge Nancy Fuerst Cleveland NAACP Executive Director Stanley Miller Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Tim McGinty From the Metro Desk of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul, on probation himself for 6 months after the Ohio Supreme Court found him guilty of ethics violations last Oct., has sentenced a Black college girl, who has a 4 month-old daughter, to 6 months in prison per the requests of White male Cleveland Fifth District police officers that White neighbors said beat her unnecessarily and called her nigger. Gaul sentenced Rebecca Whitby, 25, March 8, and gave her prison, though she has no prior criminal record. Though charged in a 12-count indictment with robbing the police of their guns, ch

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Administrative and Presiding Judge Nancy Fuerst Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kathleen Sutula Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stuart Friedman From the Metro Desk of the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul, on probation himself for six months after the Ohio Supreme Court found him guilty of ethics violations last Oct., is asking a Black college girl to apologize to the White male Cleveland Fifth District police officers that White neighbors said beat her unnecessarily and called her nigger. Gaul will sentence Rebecca Whitby, 25, March 8 at 10 am. Though charged in a 12-count indictment with robbing the police of their guns, child endangerment and numerous counts of assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest, the jury found her guilty last month of only one count of

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLaughlin-Murray Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes Cleveland Municipal Court Presiding and Administrative Judge Ron Adrine Cleveland Ward 7 Councilman T J Dow Cleveland Municipal Clerk of Court Earle Turner Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Joseph Zone Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Michelle Earley Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell Cleveland Municipal Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Michael John Ryan Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) The executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party denied an endorsement to Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLaughlin Murray at its endorsement meeting on Sat, March,

Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Terrell Pruitt Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lynn McLaughlin-Murray From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com and www.determinerweekly.com) The Imperial Women have joined State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25), Cleveland City Councilmen Terrell Pruitt and Jeff Johnson, and the United Pastors in Mission in pushing the executive committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party to issue a no endorsement in the race to fill the seat on the Cleveland Municipal Court left vacant by Kathleen Ann Keough's election in Nov. to the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals. All are supporting Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Pinkey Carr for the seat whose support from the United Pastors in Mission brings an array of Black clergy to her campaign. Ward leade