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As racial tensions with the police union mount Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb responds to the union's no confidence vote of Safety Director Karrie Howard, the mayor ultimately backing his safety director....The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association says Howard, who is Black, violated the city's anti bias policies by commenting on Irish police immigrants during a 'Not Another Memphis' town hall forum on Cleveland police where the mayor was also in attendance as was Cleveland's chief of police ...Some Blacks say that Safety Director Howard told the truth about Cleveland police....By Clevelandurbannews.com

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  Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Safety Director Karrie Howard and Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Jeff Follmer Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, associate publisher, Coleman is a Black Cleveland activist and journalist who trained at the Call and Post newspaper for 17 years. Tel: (216) 659-0473 Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND-Ohio- As racial tensions mount between Cleveland City Hall and the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association that represents the rank and file union of the city's police officers, Mayor Justin M. Bibb is defending his Black safety director after police union members, led by union president Jeff Follmer, gave the safety director a vote of no confidence via a special union vote on Monday.   The union vote also calls for the safety director, who works at the will of the mayor per the city charter, to be terminated by the mayor. At issue, say sources, is
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FBI agent testifies in bribery trial of former GOP Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and says Householder pocketed some $500,000 relative to the $60 million bribery scheme at the heart of the trial....Black elected officials are stunned at the about of money associated with the bribery case and say that Black elected officials are sometimes "indicted on a ham sandwich"....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Former Ohio House of Representatives speaker Larry Householder Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinnewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief.   CINCINNATI, Ohio – Former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder's public corruption trial is underway regarding what prosecutors say is a $60 million bribery scheme involving HB6, two nuclear power plants, and greedy right wing politicians and GOP businessmen. The trial is in its third week, and it just keeps getting better. An FBI agent testified on Thursday and said that the former state lawmaker (pictured) pocketed $500,000 from the bribery scheme, if not more.   Special Agent Blane Wetzel also told the jury that Matt Borges, a former Republican lobbyist who is on trial with Householder, purportedly got $366,000 and Jeff Longstreth and Juan Cespede,  two of Householder's co-defendants who have pleaded guilty and are slated to testify in the  against   Householder , allegedly stole some $3
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President Biden introduces Tyre Nichols' parents during State of the Union, Nichols Black and beat to death by 5 since fired and indicted Memphis cops...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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The parents of Memphis police killing victim Tyre Nichols were among the special guests invited by President Joe Biden to hear his S tate of the Union address to a joint chamber of Congress on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. before a joint chamber of Congress where he called for police reforms and accountability following the police killing death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee last month Tyre Nichols The five fired Memphis cops who face second degree murder and other charges for beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to death during a traffic stop on Jan 7, 2023 Video: President Joe Biden honors the parents of Memphis police killing victim Tyre Nichols during his  second State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    By Kathy Wray Coleman, as
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Public corruption alert: Cuyahoga County's crooked sheriff Steven Hammett resigns as Cleveland activists applaud the move and as new County Executive Chris Ronayne begins to craft his administrative team....Hammett used University Hts police to stalk and steal from Black single women homeowners and helped JP Morgan Chase Bank steal county residents homes and their expensive cars via illegal foreclosures and illegal home break-ins when he was a University Hts police chief before becoming sheriff....He also ran an inhumane county jail coupled with the disproportionate mistreatment of Black inmates....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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  Pictured are former Cuyahoga County Sheriff Steven Hammett and former Democratic Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. The county's second Black sheriff, Hammett resigned from the interim post this week after holding it for hardly eight months. Community activists have accused him of public corruption and of harassing and stalking Black single women homeowners when he was police chief in the city of University Hts before becoming sheriff. And they had pushed for his resignation. Activists also say that the county jail remained in disarray and inhumane under Hammett's ineffective leadership as sheriff Steven Hammett Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com   By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief, and a political and investigative reporter who trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County interim sheriff Steven Hammett, the county's second Black sheriff
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