BLM Cleveland demonstrators express relief, cautious optimism as cop found guilty of murdering George Floyd
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Black Lives Matter Cleveland holds rally after guilty verdict for police officer Derek Chauvin, April 20, 2021
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Juanita Rucker said she was praying as she watched a judge in Minnesota read the jury’s verdict in former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial.
Rucker, a Cleveland resident, knows the pain of losing a loved one like George Floyd’s family. Gathered with dozens of others at Public Square in downtown Cleveland on Tuesday evening, she identified herself as the godmother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old shot and killed by police outside Cudell Recreation Center in 2014. Nobody was criminally charged or convicted in Rice’s death.
Stand Up For Ohio made the announcement today in a press release. Author: Hope Sloop Updated: 9:52 PM EDT April 20, 2021
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On Tuesday, Stand Up For Ohio, along with Black Lives Matter Cleveland, NAACP Cleveland, Showing Up For Racial Justice-NEO, and the ACLU of Ohio, launched a new campaign looking to require fair and independent investigations into police misconduct in Cleveland.
“In Cleveland, there have been over 91 families who have been impacted by state-sanctioned police violence, and not one of those officers have been charged. That means over 91 times, a police officer has been allowed to get away with police misconduct and oftentimes murder. We must implement a permanent structure of police accountability and oversight,” said LaTonya Goldsby, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Cleveland.
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Sakara Remmu, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County and member of the Washington BLM Alliance, about the organization’s policy-oriented approach to equal rights.
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Kareem Henton, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Cleveland, discusses the city’s history of police killings and their new documentary series about police injustice in Ohio.
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