Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO RALLY AT THE JUSTICE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ON A FUTURE DATE TO CALL FOR MICHAEL BRELO TRIAL COURT JUDGE JOHN O'DONNELL, WHO LAST MAY ACQUITTED SINCE FIRED CLEVELAND POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL BRELO OF MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES FOR GUNNING DOWN UNARMED BLACKS MALISSA WILLIAMS AND TIMOTHY RUSSELL WITH 49 BULLETS, TO RESIGN. O'DONNELL RECENTLY BRAGGED ABOUT IT IN A STORY PUBLISHED ON LINE ON APRIL 11, 2016 BY THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER NEWSPAPER AT CLEVELAND.COM, A STORY WRITTEN BY REPORTER LEILA ATASSI. O'DONNELL'S BRAGGING IS FOR HIS BID THIS YEAR FOR A SEAT ON THE OHIO SUPREME COURT AND IS POTENTIALLY ANTI-BLACK AND POSSIBLY AGAINST THE JUDICIAL CODE OF CONDUCT, SAY ACTIVISTS
Editor's note: The rally was set for May 3 but was cancelled by Al Porter, president of Black on Black Crime Inc
FOR MORE INFO CALL ACTIVIST KATHY WRAY COLEMAN OF THE IMPERIAL WOMEN COALITION AT 216-659-0473, OR ACTIVISTS AL PORTER AT (216) 804-7462 OR ART MCKOY AT (216) 253-4070, BOTH OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME INC. AND THE BLACK MAN'S ARMY. OTHER ACTIVIST GROUPS IN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE INCLUDE REVOLUTION BOOKS, THE GREATER CLEVELAND CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE CARL STOKES BRIGADE, THE CLEVELAND CHAPTER OF THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY, STOP TARGETING OHIO'S POOR AND THE CLEVELAND MILLION WOMEN MARCH.
TWELVE OTHER NON-BLACK CLEVELAND COPS THAT SHOT THE REMAINDER OF THE 137 SHOTS AT WILLIAMS AND RUSSELL WERE NOT PROSECUTED PER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GRAND JURY BY CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR TIM MCGINTY, A CLOSE FRIEND OF JUDGE O'DONNELL. VOTERS OUSTED MCGINTY IN THE MARCH 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION AND HE LEAVES OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2017, THOUGH ACTIVISTS WANT HIM GONE NOW
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