The stakes remain high in Columbus, Ohio. As news and anger spread inside a courthouse last week about a hung jury in the murder trial of a former sheriff’s deputy who shot a Black man in the back, something else was happening outside: Activists educated residents on why next month’s district attorney’s primary is so […] The post In This Ohio County, a Historic District Attorney Race Spotlights Police Killings appeared first on Capital B News.
CLEVELAND (RNS) ‘I think our faith community is waking up to the fact that there are various attacks on our voting rights and our ability to let our voices be heard,’ said Lesley Jones, a Cincinnati-based pastor and organizer.
As Buchtelite advisor, you will rarely hear my voice in the paper. The paper is here to amplify student voices. On Sunday, April 30, I set out to meet a student editor at “Unfinished,” The University of Akron Choral program’s last concert of the school year. I had offered to capture video so they could.
City officials and some community leaders called for keeping protests peaceful after a grand jury on Monday, April 17, declined to bring charges against eight Akron police officers who shot Walker last summer. Some of those supporting Walker's family were not willing to do so, though they emphasized they weren't condoning violence.