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Cleveland NAACP picket for support on 137 bullets deadly police shooting, judicial impropriety, rape, murders and abduction of women, Cuyahoga County foreclosure fraud to be rescheduled after Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith secretly changed meeting location at last minute and Mayor Jackson sends blond, White, cocky Cleveland cops to intimidate activists, Blacks, Imperial Women, and families of raped and murdered Black women that came to rally,...White 7th district cops prowled the church premises where the rally was to be held hunting Blacks, women and innocent activists and pulled over cars of rape and murder victims families that came to the rally without reasonable suspension as required by law and ran license plates through racial profiling in alleged violation of their First Amendment rights,..... activists to meet this week to decide next move, activists say they were racially profiled, compliments of a Black mayor with no Blacks among his top brass

- May 14, 2013

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson , who is seeking a third four year term as mayor this year . (Editor's Note: There is no city charter limitation on how many terms a Cleveland mayor or city council member can serve. They can serve indefinitely) 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Malissa Williams 137 Bullets Cleveland Police Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her body was found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. The killer is still at large. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malone's body was found two days later in a field. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online New Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2

Press Release: Community activists to rally on Monday, May 13 at 7 pm Cleveland NAACP meeting, corner of E. 107th St and Chester Ave in Cleveland in front of The University Circle United Methodist Church, for support for Cleveland NAACP on deadly police shootings of unarmed people such as 137 bullets victims Tim Russel an Malissa Williams, Kenneth and Daniel Ficker, rape, abduction and murder of women such as Christine Malone, foreclosure fraud, jobs and judicial impropriety, contact number for rally is 216-659-0473

- May 13, 2013

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Imperial Women, The Oppressed People's Nation, Ohio Family Rights, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor and other community activists groups will rally with victims family members at 7 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013 in front of the church where the regular Cleveland NAACP meeting will be held at University Circle United Methodist Church at 1919 E. 107th St. at the corner of E. 107th St and Chester Ave. in Cleveland. Activists seek a repeatedly promised meeting with Cleveland NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith and the organization's legal redress committee, which hasn't met as a group all year though NAACP officials have taken dues money from its members,

Imperial Women, other activists groups to hold Imperial Avenue rally on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 5:30 pm on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland to remember the 11 Black women murdered on the street by serial killer Anthony Sowell, to call attention on the need for more focus to be given by police and other authorities to finding missing Black and other minority women, and to rally for Cleveland police to solve the rape and murders of Jazmine Trotter, 20, and Christine Malone, 45, both Black women

- May 10, 2013

CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Imperial Women and other community activists groups will hold a rally at 5:30 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013 on East 123rd and Imperial Ave. in Cleveland to remember the 11 Black women (pictured below) raped and murdered on the street at the home of convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell and to call attention to the need for more focus to be paid to find Black and other minority women that are abducted, raped and murdered. The rally will also call for police to find the assailants that raped and murdered Christine Malone 45, and Jazmine Trotter, 20, (both pictured below) in March of this year. They too are Black women. For more information contact The Imperial Women at 216-659-0473. (For directions take downtown Cleveland to Kinsman Ave. Take Kinsman to E. 123rd St and turn left. Go three blocks to Imperial Ave.) Serial Killer Anthony Sowell Speakers include the Malone family, Black elected officials including Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell,

Ohio Democratic Party Chair Chris Redfern objects to Chief Justice O'Connor's efforts for Ohio non-partisan judicial elections, activists say some judges are corrupt across partisan lines, including O'Connor, League of Women Voters supports O'Connor on controversial issue

- May 10, 2013

Ohio Democratic Party Chairperson Chris Redfern Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Republican Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor announced yesterday that she wants to have Ohio municipal, common pleas, appellate and state supreme court judges elected without regards to political party affiliation and instead wants nonpartisan primary and general elections. O'Connor also wants judicial terms extended, among other proposals. But Ohio Democratic leaders say the chief justice, who is under fire by community activists for alleged case fixing for herself and her friends against political foes and outspoken community activist

Updated Press Release: Rally and press conference rescheduled for Thursday May 9, 5 pm RALLY, 5;30 pm pres conference at The Chateau in East Cleveland, More than 30 CNN reporters, camera persons in Cleveland, Imperial Women, Federation of Women, Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime Inc., other community activists groups to hold press conference, rally on missing women's issues in wake of release from captivity of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, the rape and murders in Cleveland of Jazmine Trotter, Christine Malone, and the Imperial Ave. Murders of 11 Black women by serial killer Anthony Sowell on Thursday, May 9, 2013, Chateau Mansion, in East Cleveland, 13124, Euclid Ave, contact number is 216-659-0473

- May 08, 2013

Amanda Berry (left) and Gina DeJesus (Editor's Note: The rally is at 5 pm and the press conference is at 5:30 pm , Thursday, May 9 at 5 pm at The Chateau Mansion in East Cleveland, 13124 Euclid Ave, Contact 216-659-0473 for more information. Women are asked to wear Black to the rally) Michelle Knight Jazmine Trotter, 20, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her lifeless body was found in an abandoned home on the city's predominantly Black east side. Christine Malone, 45, raped and murdered in Cleveland in late March. Her body was also found on Cleveland's east side at East 93rd. St and Bessemer Ave. days after Trotter's body was found less than a mile away. Malone has eight children and they say that Cleveland police ignored their missing person's report and allegedly said "call us if you find her." Malone's body was found two days later in a field, her family members said. Eleven Black women (shown below) wer

Updated: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, all found alive in Cleveland, all 3 were missing more than nine years, Imperial Women say Cleveland police do not do enough to find missing women and children, police did not even look for Knight or most of the 11 Black women murdered on Imperial Ave by since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, Gina DeJesus' mother and father rallied across Cleveland to find Gina and protested with Imperial Women, other community activists groups for justice for others like slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin

- May 07, 2013

Amanda Berry (left) and Gina DeJesus Community activists at the Travon Martin rally sponsored by Imperial Women and other activists groups in Cleveland, Oh. on the city's east side on April 15, 2012. Nancy Ruiz, the mother of Gina DeJesus, and Peter Schanz of Occupy Cleveland at the April 15, 2012 rally for slain Florida Teen Trayvon Martin. Ruiz would rally with others for justice and fair play and worked day and night with Gina DeJesus' father, Felix DeJesus, and community activists to find their now found daughter who went missing at 14-year's old and is now 23 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND,Ohio-After being reported missing from the largely White west side of the majorit