Metro columnist for https://xitter.gq/t.co/pkb180MTxp with work also appearing in The Plain Dealer.
Cleveland, Ohio
Joined May 2012
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Judge Adams also offered an impassioned call for journalism. He said the press can't be cheerleaders and have to keep digging. "But for journalists," he said, Johnson would have gotten away with it. He said he was struck by how CLE council members can direct so much fed money.
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George Zeller, economist, advocate for the poor and RTA riders, dies in house fire cleveland.com/news/2021/03/g…
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Today, #CLE announced the retirement of @ClePolice Deputy Chief Deon McCaulley, who has served with CPD for 30+ years. He will continue to serve citizens as the next Chief of Police of the @ClevelandClinic Police Department.
Cc: @CleCityCouncil
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Geiger's, the locally owned outdoor sporting goods and apparel retailer, announces that its downtown Cleveland location (opened in 2015) will close permanently. clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…
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Cleveland Police kick off Black History Month in absolutely spectacular fashion, booting six young Black officers from their amateur football team for objecting to Tim Loehmann being on the squad.
Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland cop who shot and killed Tamir Rice, was welcomed on an amateur Cleveland football team for cops over the objections of Black teammates clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…
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In surprise layoffs, Hyland Software axes ~150 employees from its Westlake HQ, with plans to grow cheaper workforce in Poland and India.
Employees feel shocked and unmoored. Many have grown skeptical of the company's carefully curated brand. clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…
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1/ This supposedly 'law-and-order' administration slow-rolled the #TamirRice inquiry to let the statute of limitations run out, hid from victim's family its decision not to prosecute, and let the officers get away with murder and obstruction of justice. chandralaw.com/blog/statemen…
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Journalists who quit the website Deadspin in protest last year are starting a new sports and culture outlet: Defector Media nyti.ms/3g71tR1
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Chief Williams: There are no federal troops coming to the @CityofCleveland There are local, state and federal investigators here who are working together to combat violent crime in partnered law enforcement efforts.
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Chagrin Falls, the 97% white Cleveland suburb where a 16yo was bullied into canceling a BLM rally last week, is bordered by a lower-income Black enclave: "The Park."
Here's @blackgirlinCLE with a history lesson. clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…
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BREAKING: Dr. Amy Acton resigns as Ohio Department of Health director cleveland.com/coronavirus/20…
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Schools: Three weeks likely won't be enough time to be closed. It is likely we will have to extend this order. #COVID19 #COVID19OhioReady
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Breaking News: "The case was made." Mitt Romney will vote to convict President Trump of abuse of power, the first Republican to support removing him from office in the impeachment trial. nyti.ms/31uKxgO
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New SNAP Regulations Will End Benefits For An Estimated 20,000 Ohioans ideastream.org/news/new-snap…
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‘It wasn’t right’: Woman says East Cleveland police sergeant released her from jail in return for a date cleveland.com/metro/2019/12/…
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Cleveland, local foundations commit $8.1 million to Lead Safe Home Fund and Resource Center cleveland.com/news/2019/11/c…
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Wrap up of yesterday’s @IAMEVIDENCEmov Q&A via @PDPopDiva cleveland.com/metro/index.ss…
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Bummer to see the awesome mural by John Rivera-Resto on Clark/W25th vandalized. clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…
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A second Cleveland mayoral candidate event was canceled after Frank Jackson demanded @ClevelandScene not be involved clevescene.com/scene-and-hea…