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Cuyahoga County is denying indigent Blacks appointed counsel in collusion with Judge Nancy Fuerst and anti-Black chief county public defender Cullen Sweeney...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Cullen Sweeney (pictured)

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CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cuyahoga County public defender's office, via chief county public defender Cullen Sweeney, is conspiring with Common Pleas Judge Nancy A. Fuerst, a former administrative and presiding judge of the 34-member, largely White general division common pleas bench in the county, to deny indigent Blacks counsel after she issues illegal warrants to jail them in the county jail where more than 20 inmates have died since 2018. And County Council is supporting Fuerst and Sweeney, saying that Fuerst has the sole responsibility to appoint counsel, not the county, which is also illegal and unconstitutional.

"We sent an attorney to talk to Judge Fuerst and the judge said she will appoint counsel after the person is jailed," said Chief Public defender Cullen Sweeney, a judicial wannabe who ran unsuccessfully for common pleas judge in 2012.

Activists say the people she jails are harassed in jail and threatened with shanks and want to know how many of the dead inmates had cases before the judge.

Asked his position on indigent counsel when the judge's warrants are illegal, Sweeney said indigent Blacks have no right to indigent counsel even if the warrants are illegal, and that they should report to the county jail and then hope the judge will do right by them.

" They either report to jail or the warrants will remain," he said in an angry, seemingly racist tone, adding that he too believes that Blacks should be jailed and denied indigent counsel if judges like Fuerst, 72 and White, deem it necessary.

But prior to an attorney from his office speaking privately and ex parte with the crooked and racist judge his position was that Blacks have a legal right to indigent counsel against Fuerst and that her warrants and her refusal to jounalize when Blacks appear for trial and her acts of faking future trial dates and issuing warrants when Blacks fail to appear are all illegal.

The sudden switch, says activists, merits a criminal complaint against Sweeney, who is White, and is indicative of public corruption and racism, and his office conspiring with White common pleas judges to deny poor Blacks indigent counsel.

Simply put, Sweeney's racist standpoint is that he wants Black people caged in the county jail no matter what, which is proof, say activists, that he dislikes Blacks and is corrupt and unfit as chief public defender, and that he should be replaced.

Research reveals that public corruption and racism are rampant and designed to help the prosecution win and to deny Black defendants a speedy and  fair trial,  which violates the sixth amendment of the U.S. Constitution as to the mandate for a fair trial to all defendants facing the state as an adversary in cases that can result in a denial of liberty rights.

Corrupt White assistant prosecutors say nothing and are glad when Judge Fuerst issues her now infamous warrants against Black defendants in an effort to get around speedy trial rights, and when she tampers with records, which is a felony crime under Ohio law.

This is according to previous investigations as to our ongoing series on county public corruption and racism here at Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader. Fuerst is also refusing to jounalize when Blacks appear for trial and cops accusing them of crimes fail to show. She then  issues illegal warrants for future fake  trial dates not documented or journalized and issued without notice. All of it, say sources, is tampering with records and falsification to get around the right to a a speedy trial and to get illegal convictions against Black people

Indigent Blacks have a legal right to counsel under state law and  a constitutional right under the Ohio and U. S. Constitutions.

Activists say that because Sweeney and the public defender's office are conspiring with Judge Fuerst to deny Black people indigent counsel he will be added to the citizen's criminal complaint filed against Fuerst seeking criminal charges for interfering with the Civil Rights of Black people, a crime under Ohio law.

The crooked judge purportedly told the public defender's office that sought the lifting of the illegal warrants that she wants Blacks impacted by her warrants jailed and that thereafter she will bring them to court without counsel for one of her biased hearings.

But Black victims of her judicial scams say they are afraid to appear before her without counsel and that she is out of control  and obsessed with getting Blacks she does not like jailed for racist prosecutors and cops who are targeting them, and to perpetuate the ongoing racism and county public corruption that plague the county's common pleas court.

This is a continuing investigation of Cuyahoga County government corruption and racism against Blacks in the county

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 August 2025 22:49

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Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown votes no on failed, standalone GOP House bill for funding for Israel that President Biden opposed.....Brown said that House Speaker Mike Johnson is grandstanding and catering to extremists...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio

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staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, editor

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) (pictured) on Tuesday voted No on H.R. 7217, a multi- billion dollar funding bill for Israel hastily brought to the  floor by House Republican leaders as they backed out of a previously announced framework requested by Republicans – to tie $7.6 billion in security funding for Israel and funding for Taiwan and Ukraine to a border security bill.


President Biden had promised to veto passage of the bill by congress, saying that singling out Israel for funding is unfair, unreasonable, and bad public policy.


House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, failed to get approval to advance the standalone bill amid opposition from some of his fellow Republicans, and Democrats across the aisle.


Elected to congress with the president's public endorsement, Brown is a Biden ally who campaigned on a promise to support the president if elected as as a federal lawmaker, and the congresswoman has supported him on key White House issues, including against a House GOP-pushed impeachment inquiry.


A Warrensvillle Hts. Democrat who's  heavily Democratic 11th congressional district includes Cleveland, Congresswoman Shontel Brown released the  following statement to

"Let's be clear about what is happening. In response to human suffering, Republican leaders rejected our obligation to provide aid. Instead, they saw an opportunity to chase clicks and cameras. I support Israel's right to defend itself and hold the Hamas terror organization accountable. I support humanitarian aid to innocent Palestinian civilians who are suffering. And I support aid to our other allies, including Ukraine in their fight against Putin's illegal invasion, Brown said. "But House Republicans have shown they are unreliable, not serious, and unable to do what's right."


The Black congresswoman, one of three Black women from Ohio in congress alongside Reps. Emilia Sykes of Akron and Joyce Beatty of Columbus, said that humanitarian concerns are among her priorities on the controversial matter as partisan conflicts continue in D.C. over aid to Israel and Ukraine, and border security. The issues have become fodder for the 2024 presidential election and Ohio's closely watched race for the U.S. Senate.


Ohio' s primary is March 19 as former President Trump remains the front-runner for the Republican nomination and President Biden, a Democrat, seeks reelection with widespread support from Democrats nationwide.


Congresswoman Brown said that Speaker Johnson is grandstanding and answering to extremists instead of pushing a substantive and effective bipartisan funding bill.


"We need to provide humanitarian aid to civilians affected by these conflicts and supplemental security assistance to our allies. But that is not what Speaker Johnson and the extremists he answers to are interested in,he" said Rep, Brown. "They are interested in political stunts and grandstanding. A responsible bipartisan bill would pass the House easily and it's time for the speaker and House Republicans to do what is right."

 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

 

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 February 2024 12:28

U.S. appeals court rules against Trump's presidential immunity claim in Jan 6 case, paving the way for trial....By Clevelandurbannewscom, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Former President Donald Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C.— A U.S. federal appeals court three-judge panel in Washington, D.C.  ruled against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, paving the way for a celebrated  trial on charges that he illegally sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election and tossing his claim and that of his lawyers that  he is  immune from prosecution.

Trump has vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme court where three of the nine justices are his appointments and it is not clear whether the high court will take up the case.

Prosecutors say the former president orchestrated events that led to the Jan 6 2021 Capitol riot. His attorneys say he is innocent and immune from prosecution relative to  actions occurring while he was president.

In a case of first impression, the appeals court discarded every argument raised by Trump's legal team and ruled that neither Trump nor any other president has unbounded authority or presidential immunity to commit crimes in office free from prosecution.

The  57-page appeals court decision that is unanimous and cites case law back to the 1800s comes as the 2024 presidential election nears with Trump the front-runner for the Republican nomination and current Democratic president Joe Biden seeking reelection as the likely Democratic nominee.

The former president still faces trials in several other jurisdictions on a host of  criminal charges, including in Florida as to his Mar-a-Lago estate classified documents case, and the New York case involving hush money to former porn operative Stormy Daniels.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 February 2024 12:47

Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes tours Southern Border in El Paso, Texas and wants a bipartisan solution to the nation's border problem....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Last week, U.S. Rep Emilia Sykes (OH-13) (pictured), an Akron Democrat and Ohio's youngest Congress person, traveled to the El Paso sector of the U.S./ Mexico border.

During the trip, hosted by Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Sykes visited various sites to get a complete look at the issues migrants and federal law enforcement agents face along the border.


Ohio’s 13th congressional district that Sykes leads is home to some  39,231 immigrants from across the globe. In Congress, Rep. Sykes is a member of the Democrats for Border Security Task Force and is a co-sponsor of the Stop Fentanyl Now Act, bipartisan legislation to combat the opioid crisis by cracking down on the flow of deadly fentanyl into the United States.


“For too long, discussions in D.C. around border security and immigration reform have been partisan, with the current House majority prioritizing political stunts over real policy solutions. I was glad to make the trip to El Paso to see firsthand what the real challenges at our southern border are and how we can work together to address these issues,” said Rep. Sykes, who is Black. “After meeting with border patrol officials, migrant families, and local immigrant organizations, it’s clear we need a bipartisan, comprehensive solution that increases funding to secure the southern border, combats the flow of illicit fentanyl through our ports of entry, and addresses the backlog of visa applications and asylum cases.


The congresswoman went on to say that " although I don’t represent a border community, it doesn’t mean that border security isn’t a priority to me, and it should be more of a priority for those of us who do not live near the southern border. She added that "I stand ready to work across the aisle to pass meaningful immigration reform that will keep the communities of Ohio’s 13th congressional district safe.”


According to Sykes, the trip allowed members to gain a better understanding of the challenges in the immigration system, including immigration policies such as Title 8, border infrastructure needs, and how to craft policies that treat individuals humanely.


The federal lawmaker visited a port of entry to view the infrastructure and technology, and a Border Patrol processing facility to gain insight into customs/trade processing. Sykes also met with local non-governmental organizations and advocates in an effort to gain a better understanding of the local perspective and migrant support operations.

 

 

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 May 2024 02:06

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