By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog Kathy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. (www.clevelandurbannews.com) / (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Tanisha Anderson, the unarmed 37-year-old schizophrenic Black woman killed three weeks ago by Cleveland police at her home on Cleveland's east side while in handcuffs, was laid to rest on Saturday, Dec. 6 following funeral services at Chapel of Hope Church in Cleveland.

The family is represented in the case by renowned greater Cleveland attorney David Malik.

Meanwhile, the community awaits a report from the county coroner on whether Anderson's death will be ruled a homicide or something else to protect the cop that killed her. Anderson's case has been buried unlike other Cleveland police killings in recent weeks,  partly with the help of the Cleveland NAACP.

Community activists held a vigil with the family shortly after her death where Cleveland NAACP officials tried to hush criticism of police. But at the vigil, community activists, including the Imperial Women Coalition,  called for the coroner to issue a ruling of homicide anyway.

Findings announced last week from a comprehensive investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice that there are systemic problems in the largely White Cleveland police department, from excessive deadly force to illegal tasing and pistil whipping of  Blacks and others, also found that police are harassing the mentally ill. and that mentally challenged people are routinely subjected to cruel and unnecessary force by Cleveland police officers.

According to the family, an ambulance was called to the family home on Nov. 13 because Anderson, who was not violent but has a history of mental health problems, was allegedly disturbing the peace.

Instead, Cleveland police arrived and ultimately placed her in handcuffs and then in the police car, even though they had no warrant and no  court order to arrest her. When she verbally objected and tried to get out of the police car, she was allegedly slammed to the sidewalk by police. Both her daughter and a brother witnessed the killing

An ambulance took some 20 minutes or more to arrive at the scene.

Police say they did nothing wrong and Anderson just simply died while in police custody, a routine excuse often used by police to avoid liability lawsuits, data show. (www.clevelandurbannews.com) / (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com)