CLEVELAND, Ohio- Black Cleveland activists boycotted what they say was a racist protest held by White  majority suburban Cleveland activist groups on Public Square in downtown Cleveland Saturday afternoon with some area state lawmakers on hand, an event White organizers say was to address proposed state legislation that would penalize protesters for free speech.

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But Black Cleveland activists and organizers were told they could not speak and that it was basically a White run event and that they had chosen a Black or two who would not criticize the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party or White politicians or judges and would say what is expected of them.

Black activists say the organizers are hypocrites and are allegedly anti-Black, particularly since they come and speak freely at Black-led events in Cleveland.

They say that this type of anti-Black activity by the White organizers, most of them suburbanites, is routine and has been going on for years with support from Cleveland's mainstream media.

"We're boycotting the event because of how they discriminate against Black Cleveland activists in a majority Black city while pretending to be fighting on free speech issues," said activist Alfred Porter Jr., president of Black on Black Crime Inc.

About 75 largely White people showed for the event led by White so-called activists Debbie Kline, Larry Bresler, Steve Holecko, and Don Bryant of North Royalton.

Bresler is a paid activist commissioned by the Democratic Party and Kline leads Jobs With Justice where part of her salary is paid by the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, data show.

The all White led organizing groups included End Poverty Now Cleveland, Jobs With Justice, Organize Ohio, and a communist party group from Ohio.