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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidates Dennis Kucinich and Richard Chordray differ on bill to ban assault weapons introduced in the the Ohio Senate this week that makes it a criminal offense to own assault weapons...."Cordray's refusal to support an assault weapons ban in Ohio puts him on the wrong side of recent federal court decisions, and the wrong side of all Ohioans who want to see these weapons off the streets," said Kucinich.....Kucinich said that Chordray's "past pro-gun positions earned him the endorsement, support, and an 'A' rating from the National Rifle Association, the Buckeye Firearms Association, and similar groups....If the bill were enacted, Ohio would become the sixth state to outlaw assault weapons....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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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidates Richard Chordray (left) and Dennis Kucinich 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- Yesterday, Democratic members of the Ohio Senate introduced a bill that would outlaw assault weapons in Ohio and make it a criminal offense to own or acquire weapons like those used in the mass slaying at a high school in Parkland, Florida last week and in dozens of other similar fa

Dennis Kucinich and Akron Councilwoman Tara Samples host Cleveland rally to ban assault weapons where Cleveland Councilman Kevin Conwell says guns are easier to get than jobs in his neighborhood, a rally with gun control advocates, including community activists Kathy Wray Coleman, Yvonka Hall, Rico Dancy and Nina McLellan.....Ohio Governor John Kasich lobbies President Trump and congressional leaders to do more on gun violence following the shooting deaths of 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida.....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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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich (center), his running mate for lieutenant governor, Akron Councilwoman Tara Samples, and Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell 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 - Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, South Euclid Councilman Marty Gelfand, community activists, mothers fed up with gun violence, local clergy, and a host of others joined Ohio Demo

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

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