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CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar was arrested on suspicion of OVI early Sunday morning in Solon, Ohio, an upper middle class suburb of Cleveland.

Police said that Kosar was speeding on U.S. Route 422 in Solon and allegedly smelled of alcohol. He also allegedly failed sobriety tests. He posted a $500 bond and was released. He is scheduled to appear in Bedford Municipal Court on Tuesday at 1:30 pm.

Bedford court is plagued with documented corruption where data show that Blacks deemed indigent are repeatedly harassed and denied representative counsel by White Democratic judges Harry Jacob and Brian Melling in criminal cases in blatant violation of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure and other authorities. Melling, Jacob and Bedford Clerk of Court Tom Day have allegedly bragged that they can illegally deny indigent Blacks counsel with support from the Cleveland Chapter NAACP and some Black, White and other elected officials.

Also at issue, say community activists, is an attempt by the Bedford court to allegedly cover up documented foreclosure fraud by harassing Blacks that complain with malicious criminal charges and then denying them attorneys in the cases after rendering them indigent. Fired Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid, now a candidate next year for the Democratic primary for county executive, was the police chief in  Bedford prior to becoming sheriff. He is accused of gross mortgage fraud, documented claims issued prior to his firing by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald.

Kosar has already been subjected to bias with some media deeming him

drunk before a court or jury determination has been had. He has admittedly struggled with alleged brain injuries from his football years, a controversial subject that team owners resent, partly because of negligence claims against national football league proprietors by players and their lawyers.

Bedford Heights, whose traffic and misdemeanor criminal cases are heard in neighboring Bedford's court, is where Jimmy Dimora, who is serving a 28-year federal sentence for racketeering, was once mayor, before he became the chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, and later a county commissioner.

Kosar has been retired from the football field for 17 years, and is divorced.

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