Showing posts with label Cleveland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleveland. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Republican National Committee Launching Ohio Campaign Aimed At Black Voters

By  Andrew J. Tobias, July 13, 2015 Cleaveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Republican National Committee is expected later today to launch a four-week Ohio campaign that will focus on outreach to and mobilization of black voters in advance of the November 2016 presidential election.

The campaign, called "#CommittedToCommunity: Engage, Empower, Uplift," includes a partnership with Radio One/TV One, which caters to a black and urban audience. It will begin today with faith-based outreach in Columbus and will end Aug. 6, the date of the first GOP presidential primary debate, which will be held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Protest And Arrests Continue After Cop's Acquittal 

By Dean Schabner, May 23, 2015, ABC News

Largely peaceful demonstrations following the acquittal of a Cleveland police officer in the killing of an unarmed couple continued this evening, as some groups of people turned more rowdy and police said there were multiple arrests.

A spokesman for the mayor's office said it was not clear how many of the arrests were directly related to the protests and how many were people "being a nuisance."

"We are trying to sort that out," said Dan Williams, a spokesman for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.

Michael Brelo was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter and a lesser charge of felonious assault in the shooting deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams. He was visibly emotional as Cuyahoga County Judge John O'Donnell read a portion of his verdict in open court.


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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Two Officers Wounded In Police-Involved Shooting On Cleveland’s East Side

Kaily Cunningham and Peggy Gallek, Jan. 21, 2015, Fox 8

Two police officers were transported to the hospital with minor injuries from Redell Avenue in Cleveland Wednesday night, according to EMS. Both officers are expected to be okay.


The other officer’s injuries were also not from a gunshot.

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Found Unfit in Previous Police Job

M. Alex Johnson, Dec. 3, 2014, NBC News

The Cleveland police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice last month resigned from a previous small-town police job when he was deemed emotionally unstable and unfit for duty, especially in his handling of firearms.

Video released by the Cleveland police showed Officer Timothy A. Loehmann, 26, shooting Tamir immediately upon leaving his police car on Nov. 22. Investigators said Tamir was reaching into his waistband for a weapon — which turned out to be a toy pellet gun.

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Cleveland Releases Video Of Police Shooting Of A 12 Year Old Boy

Kim Palmer, Nov. 26, 2014, Reuters

Cleveland officials on Wednesday released a video of the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy that shows him pointing a pellet gun around a park before police arrive and shoot him within two seconds.

Tamir E. Rice was shot by a patrol officer on Saturday after a 911 call reported someone pointing a gun at people at the Cudell Recreation Center. The caller said the gun could be a fake.

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