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Cleveland police kill 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Black boys and men are 21 times more likely than Whites to get shot dead by police, shooting comes on heels of settlement of lawsuit on 137 shots Williams, Russell deadly Cleveland police shooting
Greater Cleveland community, community activists, elected officials to host 'The First Anniversary of the East Cleveland Serial Murders and Stop Violence Against Women and Find Their Killers Rally and Vigil' to remember Angela Deskins, Shirellda Terry, Shetisha Sheeley and other women subjected to violence Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 12:30 pm at the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury to decide May 30, 2014, whether to criminally indict the 13 White Cleveland cops that gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell with a hail of 137 bullets following a police car chase from Cleveland to East Cleveland (Editor's Note: Thereafter, Cleveland Patrolman Michael Brelo is indicted on two counts of manslaughter. The other 12 non-Black Cleveland cops go free of criminal charges and remain on the job)
The U.S Department of Justice finds systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department from illegal deadly force shootings to illegal pistil whipping of innocent adults and children and cruel and unusual punishment against the mentally ill
Cleveland voters vote to get get rid of traffic light cameras at polls on November 4
First Ebola patient diagnosed in a U.S. hospital has died, was turned away initially from a Dallas hospital
LeBron James signs contract with beloved Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson calls James "the best player in the world"
National NAACP suspends election for Cleveland NAACP branch officers for violations of bylaws by the nominating committee per the request of Cleveland NAACP President Hilton Smith, the local chapter is flat broke and has not paid the executive director since June
Judge John P. O'Donnell is accused of unethical behavior and prejudice in filing before the Ohio Supreme Court that seeks his disqualification from the 137 shots manslaughter case of Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo, data show that O'Donnell stole homes via illegal foreclosures for JPMorgan Chase Bank, others in cases without a plaintiff and where he did not have jurisdiction, he loses November election to unseat Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judi French |
Call and Post Associate Publisher and Executive Editor Connie Harper dies at 81
Famed poet, actress, author, and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou is dead at 86, Angelou received Presidential Metal of Freedom from President Obama, the president comments on her passing
Actress, Cleveland native, and community activist Ruby Dee is dead at 91