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Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed to hold forum on Tuesday, April 9 in response to recent rape and murders of Black women on Cleveland's east side, panelists include Councilwomen Phyllis Cleveland and Mamie Mitchell, 4th District Police Commander Deon McCaulley, representative form Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

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Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Cleveland Ward 5 Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell Cleveland Fourth District Police Commander Deon McCaulley Jazmine Trotter Christine Malone By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-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 Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed will host a forum in response to the recent rape and murders of two Black women on Cleveland's east side and the attempted abduction of a third woman on Tuesday, April 9 at 6 pm at the E Prep Woodland Hills Campus, 929 Crane Ave. near E. 93rd St. and Union Ave. in Cleveland. Panelists include Cleveland Ward 5 Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland, Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, Fourth District Police Commander Deon McCaulley, and a representative from the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.  F
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Imperial Women, Black on Black Crime, Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, other community activist groups to hold camp-out on Friday, April 5, 6 pm-6 am, press conference at 7:30 pm at E. 93rd St. and Prince Ave. in Cleveland as to Imperial Avenue Murders- type murders in the wake of the rape and murders of Jazmine Trotter, Christine Malone , and the attempted abduction of a third Black woman

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Jazmine Trotter Christine Malone By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- Community activists will hold a 6 pm to 6 am camp-out at the corner of E. 93rd St and Prince Ave. on Cleveland's east side near the site where Jazmine Trotter, 20, was raped and murdered last week at an abandoned house,  which is a mile from the site  at E. 93 St. and Bessemer Ave. where Christine  Malone, 45, was  raped and murdered, also last week. An abduction attempt last week of of a third  Black woman at E. 66th St. has community activists upset too. Sponsoring groups include Survivors/Victims Of Tragedy, The Imperial Women and  Black on Black Crime Inc. For more information contact Judy Martin at 216-990-0679, Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473 or Art McKoy at 216-253-4070. Activists will also hold a press conference at 7:30 pm at
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Community activists to protest today, April 4, at 5 pm on Public Square in downtown Cleveland over the 137 bullets shooting deaths by a group of White Cleveland police officers of Malissa Wiliams and Timothy Russell, other victims of violence are encouraged to attend

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Malissa Williams and Timothy Ray Russell By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio-Community activists will protest today, April 4, at 5 pm on Public Square in downtown Cleveland over fatal police shootings, including the shooting deaths late last year by Cleveland police of unarmed Blacks Malissa Wiliams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, both gunned down with a hail of some 137 bullets following a police chase from downtown Cleveland that ended near a middle school in the neighboring city of East Cleveland.  The rally will also address other victims of violence in Greater Cleveland, organizers said. For more information contact Khalid Samad at 216-538-4043 or Griot Y-Von at 216-355-3374. Some 65 police cars were involved in a 28 minute police chase with 13 all non-Black Cleveland police officers participating in the deadl
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Blacks, Hispanics lose with new redistricting map for Cleveland City Council that cuts 19 wards to 17, Councilmen Johnson and Conwell will face off, racial unrest, city council infighting rampant, State Sen Smith, state Rep. Patmon, Mary Rose Oakar blast Council President Martin Sweeney, Smith wants criminal investigation by Ohio Attorney General, county prosecutor, Mayor Jackson supports Sweeney and says process was legal, Clerk of Council Pat Britt comments, Hispanics say new map violates Voting Rights Act, Latino activists up in arms, Councilman Westbrook's retirement helped, Sweeney says he tried to be fair and that the redistricting process and the new map were fair, lawsuit from Hispanic leaders looms

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Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- The redistricting map that Cleveland City Council approved last week that drops council wards from 19 to 17 seats next year based on declining population pits popular Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson and Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, both of whom are Black, against each other in city council races this year with their two wards combined into a newly established Ward 9. And not one White councilperson is largely impacted by the remapping, though the majority Black major metropolitan city of Cleveland is roughly 58 percent Black, and only 37 percent White.   CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO SEE THE MAP FOR THE NEW CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL WARDS                           Council President Martin Sweeney (pictured) , a west side councilman, independent
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