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A crowd gathered by the free stamp on Lakeside Avenue, many of whom having their own stories to share about how circumstances around Nichols' death affected them. ....
Grand juries and police shootings: How Ohio’s secretive process hurts public confidence in justice system Updated Feb 20, 2021; Posted Feb 20, 2021 Thousands of people attended the Justice for Desmond Franklin rally in Cleveland on Saturday, June 6, 2020. The rally started in front of the Second District Police Station on Fulton Road and marchers then went south on Fulton and eventually east to Pearl Road. David Petkiewicz, cleveland.comDavid Petkiewicz, cleveland.com Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio – The case of off-duty Cleveland police officer Jose Garcia’s killing of 22-year-old Desmond Franklin is symbolic of the grand jury system’s inability to alleviate public skepticism that police who kill someone receive different treatment than any other person accused of a crime, two law school professors told cleveland.com. ....
Family of man killed by off-duty Cleveland cop ‘overwhelmed with pain’ by grand jury decision against charges Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio The father of a man shot and killed by an off-duty Cleveland police officer said a grand jury’s decision last week against charging the officer felt like “they spit in our face.” Emmanuel Franklin said the pain that followed the grand jury decision to not charge Cleveland police officer Jose Garcia in the April 9 shooting of his son, Desmond Franklin, increases every day Garcia remains an officer. “We are overwhelmed with pain and hurt from the decision of the grand jury,” Emmanuel Franklin said Wednesday during a news conference. ....