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1:01 "We are prepared," Isaac told an online gathering of the Faith & Community Alliance Monday. "As we have for every inauguration that Ive seen in my 30 years, we will be sending a contingent of officers there to assist. We will also be prepared locally for any challenges that we may face." Isaac was a guest presenter of the Alliances "Moral Monday" series addressing civic leadership in times of crisis. He was asked specifically about how local law enforcement is monitoring social media and t...

0:57 The resolution denounces the "the insurrection and violence that occurred at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021" and calls "for the peaceful transition of power to the duly elected 46th president of the United States of America Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on January 20, 2021," something President Donald Trump has since said he will to do.  It was brought forward by council members Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Wendell Young. The mayor and all nine council members offered comments...

0:38 "There is no set timeframe for investigations to conclude," says U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Dave DeVillers, who is trying to identify local participants. In a release, DeVillers says his office is, "in continual contact with the FBI and they are actively investigating." DeVillers thinks any one of the following federal statues may be applicable to the insurgents. Civil Disorder: punishable by up to five years in prison, it prohibits adversely affecting any federally pr...

‘Columbus Is Not Safe For Black People’: Andre’ Hill’s Police Killing Is Latest Case Of Excessive Force In Ohio ‘Columbus Is Not Safe For Black People’: Andre’ Hill’s Police Killing Is Latest Case Of Excessive Force In Ohio By Charise Frazier (Source NewsOne): Columbus, Ohio police on Wednesday released body camera footage from the police shooting that killed a 47-year-old Black man, identified as Andre’ Hill, earlier this week, according to the Associated Press. Hill, who...

Darron Cummings / Associated Press Ahead of a candelight vigil on Saturday, civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a snowy press conference with the family of Andre Hill outside the Brentnell Recreation Center in east Columbus. “Put your fist in the sky,” Crump led the crowd in chanting. “Get em up, raise em high.” Columbus Police officer Adam Coy fatally shot Hill during a non-emergency call early December 22, while neglecting to activate his body camera and administer first aid. Co...

Columbus Police Chief Tom Quinlan is officially recommending that officer Adam Coy be terminated for fatally shooting Andre Hill, failing to activate his

0:47 The footage, released by the department Wednesday, also reveals that five and a half minutes passed after Hills shooting before an officer attempts to administer first aid. Police identified Adam Coy, a white man and 19-year veteran of the department, as the officer who shot Hill, who is Black. Coy was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday. At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Andrew Ginther said he was "outraged" by the shooting and called for Coys immediate termination....

/ This image from a Columbus Police body camera shows the moments before Officer Adam Coy fatally shoots Andre Maurice Hill early Tuesday. Body camera footage shows a Columbus Police officer fatally shooting 47-year-old Andre Maurice Hill less than 10 seconds after finding him in a garage early Tuesday morning. The officer who shot him is Adam Coy, a 19-year veteran of the department who has since been placed on paid administrative leave. Columbus Police released records and video of the incide...

Ohio lawmakers do nothing on scandal-tainted House Bill 6 Caught between lawmakers who wanted to do more to curb the nuclear subsidies and those who wanted to bail out the plants, Ohios GOP-controlled House couldnt cobble together the votes needed for a change.  “The substance of House Bill 6, not the criminal proceedings, are complex issues on which there’s a wide range of opinion in the legislature,” said House Speaker Bob Cupp, R-Lima. “The diversity of views on what is good and ap...

Originally published on December 23, 2020 11:09 am A police officer in Columbus, Ohio, was temporarily removed from duty pending the outcome of criminal and internal investigations following the fatal shooting of an apparently unarmed Black man early Tuesday. Mayor Andrew Ginther demanded that the unidentified officer who fired the shot be removed following news that the officers body camera was switched off in the moments leading up to the shooting. "While it is very early in the investigatio...