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Former Cleveland Collinwood High School student Destini Bronaugh (below right), who graduated from high school this summer, and her 17 year-old sister. Both are the subject of an alleged malicious prosecution for participating in a student-organized protest in May over school closings and teacher layoffs, and the younger Bronaugh sister is set to go to trial this week on what community activists say are bogus charges initiated by Cleveland police and county prosecutors in retaliation for the exercise of free speech on issues of public concern From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network The criminal trial of a Black 17-year-old Cleveland schools student who was arrested in May for participating in a a student-organized protest at Collinwood High School over school closings and teacher layoffs and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and allegedly assaulting two White male police officers, is scheduled to beg

Cuyahoga County Administrative and Presiding Judge Nancy Fuerst From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network A scheduled criminal trial set for Aug 12 in the Berea Municipal Court before a former judge sent in by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Brown to allegedly harass Cleveland area journalist Kathy Wray Coleman was canceled last week after Coleman filed an affidavit of prejudice against visiting former Toledo Oh. Judge Mary Grace Trimboli for determination by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Presiding and Administrative Judge Nancy Fuerst. Trimboli replaced Berea Municipal Court Judge Mark Comstock two weeks ago, who recused himself after Coleman accused him of harassment and prejudice. She cannot proceed with trial because by state law the case is on hold until Fuerst issues a ruling on the affidavit of prejudice. If the prejudice affidavit is granted Trimboli must be replaced with a sitting judge from Cuya

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman From the Metro Desk of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty has thrown out a lawsuit for the second time that was filed on behalf of local Black journalist Kathy Wray Coleman and originally named the cities of Beachwood and Shaker Hts, Oh., Beachwood and Shaker Hts Law Director Margaret Ann Cannon, and Retired Beachwood Businesswoman Myrna R. Gill, among others. All of the defendants sued, including Gill and Cannon, are White, and Coleman is Black, a scenario that grassroots activists say played a part as to what that say is McGinty's arrogant disregard for the law, and his ongoing harssment of the veteran journalist, who now edits theDeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network. “I view Judge McGinty as a pint size bully with a Napoleon complex who

Tina Bronaugh (lt) and Daughter and Collinwood High School Student Destini Bronaugh From the Metro Desk of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Tina Bronaugh, the mother of the two Cleveland Collinwood High School teens facing bogus charges of resisting arrest and other charges in retaliation for a student-organized protest at the school in May around teacher layoffs and school closing, has issued the below letter. It confirms a previous letter to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson from the Carl Stokes Brigade that demands that he diversify his all non-Black law enforcement leadership team and denounce alleged police brutality and malicious prosecutions by the City of Cleveland against Black women at the hands of Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi. The Bronaugh letter also brands the Cleveland NAACP a "sell out." The below letter is that of Bronaugh and not necessarily the views of theDeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Colem

Democratic Berea Municipal Court Judge Mark Comstock Democratic Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Brown From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network July 29, 2010 (SENT BY KATHY WRAY COLEMAN FROM AN OUT-OF STATE LOCATION) Re: City of Middleburg Hts vs Kathy W Coleman, Case Nos 09 CRB 01545 and 09 TRD 05863 Dear Middleburg Heights Prosecutor Peter Hul: Please advise the retired out-of-town judge sent to the Berea Municipal Court by Democratic Ohio Chief Justice Eric Brown, who is from Cleveland and was on the Mayfield Hts School Board for years, that I will not be appearing again in Berea Municipal Court where it has no jurisdiction over the bogus traffic citation of allegedly changing lanes and obstruction of official business for allegedly not giving my name brought last year illegally. It is alleged that the harassment from Chief Justice Brown is in exchange for support for his current run to hold the seat against a

Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Democratic Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Brown on Wednesday denied an affidavit of prejudice filed against Democratic Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy relative to a lawsuit before him that was filed on behalf of local Cleveland area Black journalist Kathy Wray Coleman. The suit alleges malicious prosecution, abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress and was originally filed against the municipalities of Shaker Hts. and Beachwood, its law director Margaret Ann Cannon, Retired Beachwood Business Woman Myrna R. Gill, and others. McGinty threw out the lawsuit in 2008 and it was subsequently reinstated by a state appellate court as to Gill, though Coleman says that since all of them are in it together one culprit is representative of the downfall of the whole bunch. "W

Tina Bronaugh and Daughter and Collinwwod High School Student Destini Bronaugh Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Attorney Terry Gilbert From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network The mother of a Black teen being prosecuted in retaliation for a student organized walk out at Cleveland's Collinwood High School in May around teacher layoffs and school closings is asking the attorney representing her daughter as to the malicious prosecution around the matter by the City of Cleveland to move to get the judge in the case disqualified. Tina Bronaugh, mother of 19-year-old Collinwood High School student Destini Bronaugh, who is charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of official business in retaliation for the peaceful protest, has asked Attorney Terry Gilbert to file an affidavit of prejudice to have Cleveland Municipal Cou

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network A federal court injunction has been sought against Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough to stop her from sentencing local Black journalist Kathy Wray Coleman on a bogus resisting arrest verdict that the judge is accused of orchestrating via illegal jury instructions and collusion at trial with prosecutors and Coleman's paid trial attorney, Carole A. Lohr. And grassroots activists are upset because the verdict came without any complaint or testimony from the sole arresting officer, Cuyahoga County Deputy Sheriff Gerald Pace. Following a two day trial held last May Coleman, a 16 year journalist and longtime community activist, was exonerated by a Cleveland jury on each and every charge for which she says she was illegally arrested, including aggravated disorderly conduct and maki

Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) Maryland Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network RE: Reps. Fudge and Edwards Include STEM Amendment as Part of Three-Year Authorization that Sets Sustainable Path for NASA Washington, DC – Reps Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) and Donna F. Edwards (MD-4) had an important STEM amendment adopted in H.R. 5751, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010. Approved by the Committee of Science and Technology, the amendment directs the NASA Administrator to fund pilot programs for students, with a special emphasis on seeking involvement from underserved and underrepresented minority populations. The projects will engage students in science and engineering, and foster teamwork, project management, and problem solving skills. “I am proud that my amendment was included in the final bill that will foster learning in the sciences

Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough From the Metro Desk of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Allegedly corrupt and racist Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough is trying to keep paid attorney Wayne Kerek on the malicious prosecution case before her for harassment purposes involving Cleveland area Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman. Kerek withdrew on Monday as required by the Ohio Lawyer's Professional Code of Responsibility where he is a witness against the 16-year journalist in a harassment case that he set up in Middleburg Hts. Coleman allegedly fired him and the Ohio Lawyer's Professional Code of Responsibility says that an attorney must withdraw if fired unless the rules of the applicable tribunal say otherwise. And since the Local Rules of the Cleveland Municipal Court say that a judge can only keep an attorney on a case if he has been appointed and Kerek was hired and paid by Coleman and her fat

Cleveland Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Attorney Terry Gilbert From the Metro Desk of The DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Below is a press and community release regarding a forum on free speech issues and the arrest of two Black girls who protested in May at Cleveland's Collinwood High School against the layoffs of 545 district teachers and the closings of 14 schools, 12 on the predominantly Black East side of Cleveland. The featured speaker is Cleveland lawyer Terry Gilbert, a guest columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and the attorney for protesting Collinwood High School Student Destini Bronaugh and her 17-year-old sister. To: All Media and Community Members Contact Persons: Tina Bronaugh at 216-253-6484 and Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-932-3114 What: Community forum featuring Attorney Terry Gilbert of the Cleveland, Oh. law firm of Friedman & Gilbert (Phone 216-241-1430) on constitutional law and other issues

The "Trio" Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough From the Metro Desk of the Determiner Weekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Honorable Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland City Hall 601 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44114 From: The Carl Stokes Brigade, a grassroots organization that fights for the little people on issues of public concern such as race and sex discrimination, police brutality, education, housing, and racial disparities in the courts and other justice system venues Re: Issues of public concern regarding the malicious prosecution by the City of Cleveland and/or alleged police brutality against protesting Collinwood High School student Destini Bronaugh and her 17-year-old sister; the harassment and malicious prosecution of local Black Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman; the harassment and alleged police brutality against college student Rebecca Whitb

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Community Activist Art McKoy By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor of the DeterminerWeekly.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo threw out a bogus drug charge against longtime East Cleveland Community Activist Art McKoy after county prosecutors failed to produce an alleged confidential informant by noon today as she had ordered. In legal terms, the case was dismissed where not giving McKoy the opportunity to face his alleged accuser violated the confrontation cause under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. "It never should have been a case and it was a waste of taxpayers money," said Rufus Sims, one of McKoy's attorneys in the case. "It ruined his reputation in the community and his business." Asked if McKoy intends to sue Sims said no, at least not now. "We have no plans to sue at this moment," Sims said "A

Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi Tina Bronaugh and Daughter and Cleveland Collinwwod High School Student Destini Bronaugh From the Metro Desk of the Determiner Weekly.com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network Cleveland Law Director Robert Triozzi has allegedly retaliated against Collinwood High School teen Destini Bronaugh for a dismissal last week by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason on behalf of the State of Ohio of a bogus felony charge of two counts of assault on a police officer and misdemeanor resisting arrest that were pending against the girl. On behalf of the predominantly Black City of Cleveland Triozzi, on Tuesday, brought the same misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest that Mason dropped last week, and because Mason also dropped the felony assault charge, Triozzi added an obstruction of official business charge. The two new charges brought by Triozzi for the city are both misdemeanors. Absent a dismissal, misdemeanor charges are prosecuted b