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Presidential candidate Joe BIden to visit Ohio....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog

09 October 2019

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -COLUMBUS, Ohio — Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden (pictured), the vice president under former president Barack Obama, will again make a visit to Ohio, a visit slated for next month, his campaign announced Tuesday.

Specifics on the former vice president's upcoming visit were unavailable

Candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, including top tier candidates Joe Biden , Sens Elizabeth Warden and Bernie Sanders, and Sens Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, the only Blacks in the 2020 race for president, will take part in the Fourth Democratic debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio near Columbus, the state capital.

Ohio is a battleground state with no Democrat ever winning the White house without first winning Ohio, and no Republican doing so of remembrance.

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Groups protest Cuyahoga County jail conditions, Judge Nancy Fuerst, and inmate deaths, again, Alfred Porter Jr. saying at the protest that Fuerst is denying speedy trial rights to defendants and should be ousted

08 October 2019

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Pictured is Cuyahoga County Court of Common PLeas Judge Nancy Fuerst

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio - Greater Cleveland community activists, the same groups that have repeatedly picketed jail conditions and called for the ouster of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst earlier this year, and again last week, took to the streets again today, Oct 8, marching from Public Square in downtown Cleveland to the Justice Center for a Criminal Justice Council meeting.

At the Justice Center rally groups also called out no good judges like Fuerst.

"Judge Fuerst is denying people speedy trials, " said activist Alfred Porter Jr of Black on Black Crime at the rally at the Justice Center today, Porter also calling out crooked common pleas judges Joe Russo and Daniel Gaul, and the legal system as a whole.

Porter spoke against the jail conditions and jail authorities, and carried a protest sign that read "Vote Out Judge Fuerst."

CLICK HERE TO GO TO VIEW THE LIVE CHANNEL 3 NEWS VIDEO OF THE PROTEST WITH ACTIVIST ALFRED PORTER JR CALLING OUT JUDGE FUERST FOR DENYING DEFENDANTS SPEEDY TRIAL RIGHTS, PORTER AND OTHER ACTIVISTS WANTING FUERST OUSTED FROM THE BENCH

At the Criminal Justice Council meeting activists and former inmates done in at the jail called for reforms, more social workers and improved jail conditions, the county jail the second largest in the state.

At issue are nine recent inmate deaths, findings of illegal and unconstitutional jail conditions by authorities, a host of indictments in addition to Ivey, including several jail guards and the former jail director, and, among other activists' concerns, including bail reform and unjust activity by judges and prosecutors, among others.

Today's protest follows a picket at the Justice Center last Thursday at the sentencing of former county jail Warden Eric Ivey, who is Black and was demoted to associate warden after he was indicted on felony and other charges earlier.

Fuerst was picked Thursday too, and she spared the warden jail, the seasoned judge suspending a 180-day jail sentence and handing him a year's probation for his guilty plea in August to two misdemeanors of obstruction of justice and falsification.

Ivey resigned, effective immediately, as part of his plea deal.

The judge also gave him 200 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine, and said he must agree to snitch on others as part of his plea deal, or she will jail him.

Though public records show Fuerst herself is corrupt, she told Ivey at sentencing that he breached the public's trust and that she is disappointed in him, the Black man and former warden responding "yes mam."

Activists have repeatedly demanded that Judge Fuerst, who is up for reelection next year, be ousted from the bench, including at a May 23, 2019 Justice Center rally in addition to last week's rally at the former warden's sentencing, and at today's protest.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE FACEBOOK VIDEO OF THE MAY 23 RALLY AGAINST CONDITIONS IN THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY JAIL BY CLEVELAND CHANNEL 3 NEWS

Fuerst is also under fire for denying Blacks and activists their speedy trial rights, and scheduling trials not journalized or put in writing and then arbitrarily jailing Black defendants maliciously accused of crimes against racist White cops when they do not appear for her unconstitutional trials.

It is documented that Fuerst is denying indigent counsel to poor Blacks by removing them from cases and not replacing them, usually for retaliatory or other ulterior motives, the right to representative counsel in serious criminal cases of which is mandated by statute, and per the 6th Amendment.

Public records also reveal that she is ordering Blacks to trials she schedules in under 24 hours without formal notice, and then jailing them via arrest warrants if they fail to appear. And, data show that she is covering up alleged indictment fixing by fellow judges prosecutors and the clerk of courts, grand jury tampering, and falsification of court records, much of it with the help of corrupt attorneys she handpicks and appoints to felony cases of indigent Blacks.

Further, she is refusing to journalize when Blacks show at trial and cops who claim they have assaulted them do not, an alleged effort, says sources, to manipulate speedy trial rights. And, she is issuing orders for Black defendants to be jailed if they insult or take up too much time of White indigent counsel she handpicks for felony cases before her, and if they ask them to file motions that she and assistant county White prosecutors deem unnecessary.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 October 2019 12:59

Activists, community to remember 6-year-old Cleveland murder victim Lyric Lawson today, October 7, 2019, at a vigil and anti- gun violence march, Lawson dying from a gunshot wound to the head while sleeping following a drive by shooting

07 October 2019

Kathy

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog wel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activists, community members and family and friends of 6-year-old Lyric Melodi Lawson, who died from a gunshot wound to the head Saturday morning while sleeping in her bed at 1388 E. 71st Street and St Clair Ave in the South Collinwood Neighborhood on Cleveland's largely Black east side, will hold a vigil and anti- gun violence march today, Oct 7, 2019 at 5pm beginning at Cleveland Metropolitan School District's Hannah Gibbons-STEM School where the Black girl attended.

"We urge everybody to attend this vigil and march today," said longtime Cleveland activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime. "If you are truly tired of our children being murdered unmercifully, please join us for this necessary gathering."

Participants will march at 5:30 pm from the elementary school to the scene of the crime blocks away at East 71st Street and St Clair Ave, organizers said.

A first grader, Lyric died Saturday at University Hospitals following the shooting incident, which occurred early that morning at 1 am via a drive-by shooting where 28 shots were fired into the home, the same home in which a man was shot and killed last month.

The suspect or suspects remain at large.

Witnesses told police a car was seen leaving the scene of the shooting last week but gave no description other than it was dark-colored car, authorities said .

Mayor Jackson and members of city council, led by Ward 10 Councilman Anthony Hairston, whose ward is where the incident occurred, held a press conference on the steps of City Hall in response to the tragic killing to denounce gun violence.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 October 2019 14:56

Today is the last day to register to vote in Ohio, which can also be done online for the November 5, 2019 general election, Cuyahoga County voters deciding a charter amendment on the appointed county sheriff, suburban mayors and city council seats, etc

07 October 2019

Kathy

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog wel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Monday, Oct 7, 2019 is the last day to register in Ohio to be eligible to cast a ballot for the Nov. 5 general election.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE AT VOTE.ORG

Voters in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland and is the second largest of 88 counties statewide, behind Franklin County, which includes Columbus, will choose from a host of issues, including open suburban mayors and city council seats, some municipal judge ships in both Cleveland and suburbia, and school board members and tax levies, including a tax levy renewal and increase for Cuyahoga County Community College.

Under state law Cleveland school board members are appointed by the city mayor, which is currently four-term Black Mayor Frank Jackson.

All 17 Cleveland City Council seats and that of the mayor are up for grabs in 2021

For closely watched non-partisan judicial races, two seats are open on the Cleveland Municipal Court with incumbent Republican Judge Marilyn Cassidy facing Joe Russo, and assistant county prosecutor Monet Scott, a Democrat seeking to unseat Republican Housing Court Judge Ronald O'Leary.

Incumbent Cleveland Judge Charles Patton is running unopposed.

County voters will also decide a charter amendment that strips power from the county executive , who had the sole authority to appoint the county sheriff, and mandates confirmation by council as well as affirmative votes by at least eight of the 11 members of county council to fire the sheriff.

Last month some 194,207 voter registrations were removed from Ohio's voter rolls.

Last Updated on Monday, 07 October 2019 17:27

Oscar -nominated Black actress Diahann Carroll dead at 84, the 'Julia' star the first Black woman to star in her own TV series who rose to fame on Broadway in productions such as Porgy and Bess and Carmen Jones and later starred opposite Joan Collins

05 October 2019

Kathy

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.

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-LOS ANGELES, California-Legendary actress Diahann Carroll, the first Black woman to star in her own television series as 'Julia' in the 1960s sitcom, is dead at 84, Carroll also starring in the 1974 Hollywood film 'Claudine,' and opposite the great Joan Collins in the popular TV series 'Dynasty."

A New York Native and trailblazer for women in television and film, Carroll died in her sleep at her Los Angeles home following a long time struggle with breast cancer, and with her daughter by her side, her agent said.

Also a model and singer, the Oscar-nominated actress rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature Black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess.

She fought for substantive roles for Blacks in television and Hollywood films and paved the way for Black women like Halle Berry, an Ohio native and the first Black woman to win a best actress Oscar, Hattie McDaniel, the first Black and first Black woman to win an Oscar, but for best supporting actress in the Civil War epic 'Gone With The Wind."

She won a Tony award for best actress in 1962 for her Broadway performance in the musical 'No Strings,' also a first for a Black woman, and was nominated for a Emmy and won a Golden Globe for 'Julia,' where she played a widow and a nurse raising a young son.

The sitcom, which ran from 1968-1971 on NBC, was the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role.

For her role in the 1974 Hollywood film 'Claudine' opposite James Earl Jones, where she starred as a widowed mother of seven in Harlem and maid who falls in love with a city sanitation worker, she was nominated for a best actress Oscar, Carroll also sharing the big screen with legendary actors such as Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar, and with whom she reportedly had a nine-year affair.

A beautiful woman, talented performer, and Black role model, Carroll was married four times, first to record producer Monte Kay in 1956, and with whom she shares a grown daughter.

Her third husband died in a car accident, and her first, second and fourth marriages, the latter to Vic Damone in 1987, ended in divorce.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 October 2019 03:54

Crooked Judge Nancy Fuerst gives former Cuyahoga County Jail warden Eric Ivey probation and promises to jail him if he fails to cooperate with prosecutors as part of his plea deal as activists picket before sentencing, Fuerst also corrupt

03 October 2019

Kathy

Pictured are former Cuyahoga County Jail warden Eric Ivey and Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chiefBy Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio - Former Cuyahoga County Jail Warden Eric Ivey, who is Black and was demoted to associate warden after he was indicted on felony and other charges earlier this year, was spared jail on Thursday by Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst, the seasoned judge suspending a 180-day jail sentence and handing him a year's probation for his guilty plea in August to two misdemeanors of obstruction of justice and falsification.

He resigned, effective immediately, as part of his plea deal.

The judge also gave him 200 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.

Fuerst said she would jail the former warden if he failed to comply with the terms of his plea deal, including to help prosecutors get indictments on other culprits, her Democratic affiliates in fact, several of them, sources have said.

Activists say that while Fuerst gave the Black warden a break, the judge will harass Black defendants she cannot control or convince to plead guilty when they are innocent.

Ivey, 54, and with some 28-years employment in the jail he ran into the ground, is among some nine jail affiliates indicted following nine inmate deaths since last June, also including former jail director Ken Mills and some six jail guards.

Special prosecutor Matthew Meyer, on behalf of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, whose office replaced that of County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley per O'Malley's request, emphasized that Ivey must help prosecutors nail others, prosecutors dismissing a charge of tampering with evidence, a third degree felony.

"Your honor, as a condition of the plea, the defendant would agree to testify truthfully and give truthful statements in any proceeding in which he is called upon to do so concerning the Cuyahoga County Jail or the operation of Cuyahoga County government." said Meyer to Fuerst when Ivey accepted his plea deal in August.

The former warden stood accused, among other illegal activities, of ordering correction officers to turn off their body cams relative to a drug overdose that left an inmate dead jail and county officials, including former sheriff Clifford Pinkney, who resigned in August, and current county executive Armond Budish, also accused of ignoring the deaths until the FBI stepped in.

Last November U.S. Marshals released a stinging report of the county jail, one of the most notorious jails in the country, and deemed the mistreatment of inmates, including ignoring and covering up inmate deaths, rodent and roach infested facilities, the housing of pregnant women on mats on the floor, withholding food for punishment and assault on female and other inmates, inhumane and unconstitutional.

Cleveland activists were upset with the plea deal, and with Fuerst, and picketed outside of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in downtown Cleveland Thursday before Ivey was sentenced, activists demanding jail time for the former warden.

They say the judge gave the former warden a pass because the victims of his jail mishaps are disproportionately Black and overwhelming poor, though most of the dead inmates were White, sources saying he ran the jail like a modern day plantation.

White inmates were shown favoritism, particularly by jail sergeants and corporals who do inmate discipline and jail cell placements when inmates are booked in, most of the corporals, and the sergeants, for both men and women inmates, of whom are White men.

"Judge Fuerst accepting a misdemeanor plea deal from the former warden of the county jail is unacceptable," said longtime activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc.

Five of the nine inmate deaths were purportedly the result of suicide.

Activists want Fuerst, 66 and up for reelection to another six-year term in 2020, voted out of office and demanded such at a rally on May 23 outside of the county jail.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE FACEBOOK VIDEO OF THE MAY 23 RALLY AGAINST CONDITIONS IN THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY JAIL BY CLEVELAND CHANNEL 3 NEWS

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 November 2019 05:07

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Groups protest Cuyahoga County jail conditions, Judge Nancy Fuerst, and inmate deaths, again, Alfred Porter Jr. saying at the protest that Fuerst is denying speedy trial rights to defendants and should be ousted

Activists, community to remember 6-year-old Cleveland murder victim Lyric Lawson today, October 7, 2019, at a vigil and anti- gun violence march, Lawson dying from a gunshot wound to the head while sleeping following a drive by shooting

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