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Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper and Nina Turner are guests at public Democratic forum at the Cleveland Heights Community Center at 7 pm on February 10, sponsoring groups are the Shaker Heights Democrats, Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, and the Northeast Ohio Young Black Democrats

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Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper and ODP Chair of Political Engagement Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat and former state senator. 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, educator, and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -The Shaker Heights Democrats, Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, and the Northeast Ohio Young Black Democrats will welcome Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper and former state senator Nina Turner of Cleveland, the chair of political engagement for the ODP, at a forum at the Cleveland Heights Community Center at 7 pm on Tuesday, February

Cleveland police begin wearing body cameras following damning DOJ report and high profile police shootings of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell with 137 bullets, and Tamir Rice, and the police killing of Tanisha Anderson

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A police body camera that resembles a regular camera and is worn on an officer's button or zipper shirt, utility belt or uniform shirt pockets.  Cleveland City Council has purchased 1,200  of this type of body camera for Cleveland police to sport. A type  of police body camera known as a flex camera that resembles a flashlight and is  worn by police as eye-wear , and can be attached to officers' hats, collars, and bodies, and can be mounted to the dash of a police cruiser. Cleveland City Council has purchased 300 of this type of body camera  for Cleveland police to sport. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community  activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( w

Community activists to rally to say 'Black Lives Matter' at Free Stamp at Cleveland City Hall at 11:15 am, February 7, 2015 followed by the noon 'Black Flag Raising Ceremony' and a Black History Month program, both also at City Hall, Activist Khalid Samad to be honored for 40 years of community service by Cleveland City Council on February 9

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Amir Khalid A. Samad of Peace in the Hood and Khalil A. Rashid lead a march in February of 2014 outside of Cleveland City Hall to raise the 'African-American Flag' as an annual salute to Black History Month. Community activists will host the annual event this year on February 7, 2015  beginning with a 'Black Lives Matter' rally at the Free Stamp outside of Cleveland City Hall at 11:15 am. The raising of the 'African-American Flag' will be led by Samad and local dentist Dr. Eugene Jordan of the Underground Railroad Society and will occur at noon on the steps of City Hall followed by a Black History Month program inside at the City Hall Rotunda Building  Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio-The  Underground Railroad Society

Poll says Hillary Clinton would win in three swing states, including Ohio, if she runs for president, would be in a dead heat against Ohio Gov John Kasich to win Ohio, if he were the Republican nominee

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Democrat Hillary Clinton and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  Hillary Clinton would win the swing states of Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio if the presidential election were held today, a new Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll reveals, and she would unilaterally beat each and every notable potential Republican candidate up against her, the poll also shows. But if Ohio Gov John Kasich were to run and win the Republican nomination for president, the former first lady, and former U.S. senator, who lost the 2008 Democratic primary to now Pre

Congresswoman Fudge appointed ranking member of education subcommittee, Black children get suspended and expelled at a rate 3 times higher than Whites, says a U.S Department of Education public schools report, and school related arrests occur disproportionately to Black kids

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)  has announced her committee assignments for the 114 th  Congress. The congresswoman of Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes the largely Black city of Cleveland and neighboring suburbs of Cuyahoga County, and a largely Black section of the city of Akron and staggering parts of its Summit County suburbs, was assigned on Wednesday to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Cliff Pinkney named first Black Cuyahoga County sheriff by County Executive Armond Budish, Budish also named Nailah Byrd as the first Black county clerk of courts, Pinkney's predecessors, namely former county sheriffs Bova, Reid and McFaul, stole residents' homes, data show, via illegal foreclosures, and for big mortgage companies and banks like JPMorgan Chase Bank, and with the help of common pleas judges like John O'Donnell and Carolyn Friedland

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New Cuyahoga County Sheriff Clifford Pinkney, the county's first Black sheriff, and the only Black sheriff  of 88 counties in Ohio Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts Nailah Byrd, Cuyahoga County's first Black clerk of courts Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, a former state lawmaker and former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives who, as the new county executive, recently named Cuyahoga County's first Black sheriff and first Black clerk of courts in selecting Clifford Pinkney and Nailah Byrd respectively for the posts By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Ur ban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist, political journalist and 21-year investigative reporter who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanon

Bobbi Kristina likely not to recover, the daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown is in a medically induced coma, By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Bobbi Kristina From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's leaders in Black digital news    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late pop singer Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown, is likely not to recover from a medically induced coma that has her on life support and unresponsive, People Magazine reported yesterday. According to the news report, it would be a miracle if the unresponsive 21-year-old Bobbi Kristina recovers. The young woman, who friends says was still grieving the loss of her mother, was reportedly found face down in the bathtub by her husband Nick Gordon, 30, and a friend in their Roswell, Georgia, home on Saturday morning. Gordon performed CPR before paramedics arrived  and  his young wife was ultimately transported by ambulance to North Fulton Hospital, an Atlanta area hospital. She has