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Dennis Kucinich article by Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com: Ohio candidate for governor Dennis Kucinich and his running mate Akron Councilwoman Tara Samples call for the grand jury process to be abolished in Ohio as they unveil their criminal justice platform in Cleveland along side of community activists and others in the historic Glenville neighborhood, both saying the criminal justice system in Ohio has a shameful record of targeting Blacks and Latinos, Black men in particular....Their proposal also addresses tackling the opioid crisis, ending the prison-industrial complex, putting more emphasis on rehabilitation and mental health issues relative to defendants, de-emphasizing deadly force by police, curbing the abuse of power by judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials, and recognizing and rooting out institutional racism....Kucinich is a former congressman and former Cleveland mayor who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2004 and 2008.....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dennis Kucinich (front row-fifth from left), a former congressman and former Cleveland mayor who has also run for president,  and his running mate for lieutenant governor, Akron Councilwoman Tara Mosley Samples (front row-fourth from left), pose with Lakewood Councilman Tristan   Rader (back row- fifth from left), and  some of the several Cleveland community activists in attendance as they unveiled their platform for criminal justice reform in Cleveland on Feb. 15. Activists there included Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition (front row- second from right), Yvonka Hall (back row-far left), the Rev Pamela Pinkney Butts (front row-far left) and Alfred Porter Jr of Black on Black Crime  Inc. (back row- second from right) Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dennis Kucinich (front row-second from left), a former congressman and former Cleveland mayor who has also run for president,  and his running mate for lieutenant governor, Ak
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Cleveland teen Alianna DeFreeze's murderer prepares for death penalty phase as community activists call for punishment to the fullest extent of the law for Christopher Whitaker....Activists Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition and Khalid Samad of Peace in the Hood, who both organized a vigil last year after the murder, say their activist groups have 'no mercy on Whitaker,' who dismembered Alianna's body with lawn tools....DeFreeze is one of more than a half a dozen Black women and girls murdered on Cleveland's east side since December 2012 within a two mile radius near East 93rd and Bessemer Avenue up to nearby Harvard Avenue.....Cleveland homicides in 2017 were down from 2016, the city recording some 130 homicides in 2017 and 168 homicides in 2016....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Fourteen-year-old Alianna DeFreeze of Cleveland, and her killer, 45-year-old Christopher Whitaker, who faces the death penalty phase after a Cuyahoga County grand jury on Tuesday convicted him of rape, kidnapping, aggravated murder and other crimes against the Black teen whose body was dismembered Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -A Cuyahoga County jury on Tuesday issued a guilty-on-all
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Ohio voters to decide constitutional amendment on May ballot that changes how congressional districts are redrawn by the state legislature, an issue that has garnered bipartisan support with greater Cleveland Black state legislators state Representatives Barnes, Boyd, Howse and Patmon and state Senator Sandra Williams supporting the upcoming ballot initiative ....State Representative Boyd and state Representative Nickie Antonio, a White Lakewood Democrat and also a supporter of the constitutional amendment, comment herein on the issue to Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.....United States House of Representatives members Marcia Fudge, Marcy Kaptur, Joyce Beatty and Tim Ryan are the only Democrats as to the 16 congressional seats representing Ohio

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Ohio state Representative Nickie Antonio (left) (D-13), a Lakewood Democrat and candidate this year for the Ohio Senate in state senate district 23 , and state Representative Janine Boyd (D-9), a Cleveland Heights Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Following the unanimous passage by the Ohio Senate on Feb. 5, the Ohio House of Representatives, on Feb. 6, passed Senate Joint Resolution 5 (S
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Community activists want answers for the Cleveland police killing of 21-year-old Thomas Yatsko and say the mainstream media are also allegedly in on the cover-up, activist Khalid Samad and other activists also calling for any surveillance video of the police killing of the unarmed Black man, Samad supported by a host of Cleveland activists, including Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc, Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition and Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade, all three of whom joined Samad, other activists, and friends and family members of Yatsko, and others for a recent protest led by Samad regarding the tragic killing....Police say Yatsko was killed after he went back in the bowling alley after the White off-duty Cleveland cop, who was working as a security guard the night of the incident, put him out after a fight with another man, and Samad says Yatsko, who had no criminal record, allegedly went back in to get his jacket....The mainstream media, said Samad, are hiding the truth from the public.... Racial unrest around the police killing of the Black man continues to mount....Yatsko's death comes following the Cleveland police killings in recent years of Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Malissa Williams, Timothy Russell, Brandon Jones, Rapper Kenneth Smith and other unarmed Blacks, and as racial policies and policies as to excessive force are changing as the consent decree for Cleveland police reforms gets underway in Cleveland, policy changes under the guidance of federal court watch and the U.S. Department of Justice of which police union officials traditionally oppose...... By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Cleveland police fatal shooting victim Thomas Yatsko (left) and longtime Cleveland Activist Khalid Samad of  the grassroots organizations Peace in the Hood and the Task Force for Community Mobilization, Samad and other local comunity activists demanding answers from authorities relative to the tragic police killing of the young-unarmed 21-year-old Black man who had no criminal record Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNE
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