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Community activists to picket Cleveland Heights Police Department, Black Judge A. Deane Buchanan for police, prosecutorial and judicial harassment and racial profiling of Black activists and Black people....Attorney J Alex Morton will also be picketed for ineffective assistance of counsel and harassment of Black activists and Black people as his clients in Cleveland Heights....Community activists also want a U.S. Department of Justice investigation for police reforms in suburban Cuyahoga County, which would follow a consent decree for police reforms between the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice......By editor Kathy Wray Coleman (pictured) of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman, editor -in-chief of  www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Heights Municipal Court Judge A. Deane Buchanan A message from activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman of  www.clevelandurbannews.com  and the Imperial Women Coalition:  Community activists will picket the Cleveland Heights Police Department, Attorney J. Alex Morton, and its Black judge the first week in January.  Data show that White cops there are following Black activists in cars and arresting them without probable cause or reasonable suspicion and then the judge there, A. Deane Buchanan, is denying them indigent counsel at the arraignment stage and sometimes otherwise, and, sometimes a speedy trial. He is also getting them alone and asking them to plead guilty, which is unethical under the Ohio L

Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day in Cleveland 109-108, with LeBron James leading the Cavs with 31 points and Kyrie Irving scoring 25 points and making the game winning turn around jumper....Kevin Love scored 20 points for the Cavs, followed by Channing Frye's 10 points....By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Cleveland Cavaliers megastars LeBron James (right) and Kyrie Irving Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach Tyronn Lue ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.5 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.ON-CLEVELAND, Ohio -The Cleveland Cavaliers topped the Golden State Warriors 109-108 at Quicken Loans Arena on Christmas Day

Ohio Governor John Kasich signs legislation to block union-pushed $15 an hour minimum wage increase effort, a wage increase that Mayor Jackson, City Council President Kevin Kelley opposed with Councilman Jeff Johnson, who backed the wage increase measure, vowing to unseat Jackson next year.....Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. blasted Jackson and Kelley over the issue at a recent Ohio Democratic Party meeting in Cleveland....Jackson and Kelley called the issue impractical and against economic recovery efforts.....Greater Cleveland Black state legislators, namely State Senator Sandra Williams and state representatives Barnes Jr, Patmon, Howse and Boyd, voted against the new law that blocked the minimum wage increase effort....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio Governor John Kasich Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.5 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio

Community activists call for a fair settlement by Cleveland of the Daniel Ficker police killing and excessive force lawsuit if that is what the Ficker family wants....Activists Art McKoy and Kathy Wray Coleman, who both have led rallies for justice for police killing victims, including Ficker, and family attorney Terry Gilbert comment...Coleman said that activists are pushing a non-violent and peaceful movement for redress for unorthodox police killings and police brutality in general....McKoy says that the Ficker family is a great family and justice is due to them....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Cleveland police killing victim Daniel Ficker ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Urban News.Com interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: Cleveland Urban News.Com gets some 3.5 million views on Google Plus alone). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio  - Greater Cleveland community activists are calling on the city of Cleveland to settle the wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of Daniel Ficker of Parma, whom Cleveland police killed at his home in 2011, if that is what the Ficker family wants. Parma is a Cleveland suburb that is 12 percent Black and has a histo

Judge Joan Synenberg spares life of 21-year-old Warrensville Heights barbershop shooter Douglas Shine Jr., who shot and killed three at the barbershop and later conspired to kill a perspective witness, Cory Shaffer of Cleveland.Com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper reports....The judge examined his background and said society and his parents failed him beginning as a child where he was deserted and physically and mentally abused

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Douglas Shine Jr. was sentenced Monday afternoon to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a month after a jury recommended he be executed for killing three people inside a Warrensville Heights barbershop in February 2015 and then plotting the death of a witness.  (Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com) Print Email By  Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com  Email the author  |  Follow on Twitter on December 19, 2016 at 3:12 PM, updated  December 19, 2016 at 9:23 PM WARRENSVILLE BARBERSHOP SHOOTING Judge who spared triple-murderer's life once worked against death penalty in fatal cop shooting Warrensville Heights barbershop shooter discussed death of witness after conviction, prosecutors say Jury in Warrensville Heights barbershop triple-murder trial begins deliberating death penalty Experts present two versions of barbershop shooter's childhood Stepmother, witnesses paint bleak picture of barbershop shooter's childhood CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A ju

Activists Kathy Wray Coleman and Don Bryant, among others, to receive President Obama's community service award at Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur's office and via the WCPM and ICEA, international community groups led by Renate and David Jakupca.....Coleman called the honor "a privilege promoted by community organizations she respects and in association with one of the nation's greatest presidents' as well as Congresswoman Kaptur, the longest serving woman in congress"....Bryant and Coleman have fought together for children's rights and on violence against women and police brutality issues, and Bryant has fought for immigration reform and peace between Pakistan and Israel....Coleman is a Black Cleveland journalist who interviewed President Obama one-on-one for the Call and Post Newspaper....Coleman leads the Imperial Women Coalition and Bryant leads the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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President Barack Obama and Ohio 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (far left) Renate Jakupca, who along with her husband, David Jakupca (also pictured), leads the international community groups the World's Children Peace Monument  (WCPM) and the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Urban News.Com interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: Cleveland Urban News.Com gets some 3.4 million views on Google Plus alone). Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland activist and journalist Kathy Wray

2017 Economic Report of President Obama released, a report that says Obama staved off a depression and that the American economy is stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the 21st century than ever before....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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President Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.4 million views). BELOW IS THE 2017 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESENT, WHICH WAS SENT TO CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM VIA PRESS RELEASE ON DECEMBER 15, 2016 AND WAS PUBLISHED VIA THE WHITE-HOUSE BLOG