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Judge Mason leaves Shaker Heights jail after posting bond, hires Fernando Mack as his attorney, Shaker Heights was routinely accused of housing discrimination, the Call and Post Newspaper once reported, Judge Mason was arrested at his home by police with no warrant

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Judge Lance Mason and his wife Aisha Mason in happier times By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,   O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge K.J. Montgomery SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Lance Mason posted bond  on Wednesday and was released from Shaker Heights jail after a mental examination ordered by Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge K.J. Montgomery determined that the former state senator poses no serious harm to either himself or others.  Cleveland Criminal Defense Attorney Fernando Mack Shaker Heights is  an affluent Cleveland suburb also routinely accus

King LeBron James' free welcoming back celebration to Cleveland Cavaliers and to Ohio is tonight, August 8, 2014, University of Akron sports stadium, tickets are all gone, Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news, welcomes LeBron and his family home too

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LeBron James By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )   CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland's favorite son, NBA mega star LeBron James, who is returning to the majority Black major American city to again play for the Cavaliers, a team he left  in 2010 to join the Miami Heat, will be saluted this evening, August 8, in his native city of Akron at a free-entrance welcoming home celebration at the 30,000- seat stadium at the University of Akron. Akron is a city some 30 miles south of Cleveland, and has a population of some 200,000 people. It is roughly 29 percent Black. Gates open at 6:15

Cuyahoga County judge and former state senator Lance Mason arrested for allegedly beating wife, who filed for divorce on Monday, Shaker Heights Judge K.J. Montgomery sets bond at more than five times more than the bond Mason set for 137 shots Cleveland policemen Michael Brelo, who faces manslaughter charges, Black Ohio trial court judges subject to legal or disciplinary trouble are treated differently than White judges, an investigation reveals, keeping Mason for a mental evaluation in jail could be politically motivated since the city of Shaker Heights brought the charges and its city prosecutor, Randolph Keller, wants to run for county judge, Montgomery is holding Mason in jail for a psychiatric evaluation, likely in violation of state law, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas  Judge Lance Mason By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Police Patrolman Michael Brelo A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio- A Black Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge charged by the city of Shaker Heights with beating his wife over the weekend received a surety bond from Shaker Heights Municipal Court Judge K.J. Montgomery more than three times the bond amount the jailed judge set in June for Patrolman Michael Brelo, who is White and faces two-counts of voluntary manslaughter in the 137 shots Cleveland police killings of unarmed Blacks Malis

Community activists call for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty to resign at East Cleveland community forum, want Mayor Jackson to fire the 13 non-Black Cleveland police officers that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell slinging 137 bullets, activists also want federal charges and another county grand jury to convene independent of prejudice by McGinty

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activists called for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty to resign at a community forum in East Cleveland Thursday evening relative to the 137 shots Cleveland police shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams, 30,  and Timothy Russell, 43.  The groups, which include Black on Black Crime, the Oppressed People's Nation, the Imperial Women Coalition, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Social Justice Committee, and the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party, also are

Councilman Nate Martin, Social Justice Institute to host public forum today, July 31, at 6 pm on 137 shots Cleveland police fatal shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, forum is at the Empowerment Church in East Cleveland, 15837 Euclid Avenue, activists will have petition to sign to seek the firing of the 13 non-Black Cleveland cops that did the shooting, call Councilman Martin at (216) 310-9512 for more information

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Cleveland police cars chase two unarmed Blacks from downtown Cleveland to neighboring East Cleveland the night of Nov . 29 , 2012. The 23 minute car chase ended in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland and culminated in 13 non- Black Cleveland police officers firing a total of 137 bullets at Malissa Williams 30, and Timothy Ray Russell, 43, the driver of the 1979 Chevy Malibu. Both Russell and Williams were Black, and both died at the scene. Black elected officials and community activists will host a forum on the deadly shooting at 6 pm today, July 31, at the Empowerment Church in East Cleveland,    15837 Euclid Avenue. For more information call Councilman Martin at (216) 310- 9512. Shooting Victim Malissa Williams Shooting Victim Timothy Ray Russell By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 6

Representatives Marcia Fudge and Tim Ryan applaud Akron City Council’s commitment to ending the heroin epidemic, which follows a bill by Fudge, Ryan in Congress on national heroin problem, Akron is the native home of LeBron James, more people die from fatal drug overdoses in Ohio than in car crashes

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11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L.  Fudge of Ohio, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress.  13th Congressional District Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Ohio's leaders in Black digital news, Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com and phone us at (216) 659-0473  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Washington DC –   Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13) and Marcia Fudge (OH-11)  are  applauding Akron City Council for expressing their support for the Breaking Addiction Act of 2014 (HR 5136), which was introduced by Fudge and co-sponsored by Ryan, Democratic co-chair of the Addiction Treatment and Recovery Caucus.  Both members of Congress represent Akron and others respective areas in Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives. Ak