(CLEVELAND, OH, 6/29/15) – The Cleveland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Collaborative for a Safe, Fair and Just Cleveland, and the Cleveland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild announced the filing of an Amicus Brief today in US Federal District Court in the matter of United States v. City of Cleveland (1:15-cv-01046). CAIR-Cleveland is a founding member of the Collaborative for a Safe, Fair and Just Cleveland.
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CAIR to Join Civil Rights Groups in Brief on DOJ’s Cleveland Police Consent Decree
(CLEVELAND, OH, 6/26/15) – On Monday June 29, the Cleveland Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Collaborative for a Safe, Fair and Just Cleveland and the Cleveland chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will hold a joint press conference to announce the filing of an amicus (friend of the court) brief in US Federal District Court in the matter of United States v. City of Cleveland (1:15-cv-01946).
[NOTE: The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) is a founding member of the Collaborative for a Safe, Fair and Just Cleveland.]
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CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Judge’s Finding of Probable Cause to Charge Police Officers in Tamir Rice’s Death
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CAIR-Cleveland Welcomes Judge’s Finding of Probable Cause to Charge Police Officers inTamir Rice’s Death
(CLEVELAND, OH, 6/12/15) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today welcomed a municipal court judge’s ruling Thursday that there is probable cause to charge two Cleveland police officers in the shooting death last November of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
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CAIR-Cleveland to Join Legal Effort by Religious, Civil Rights Groups Seeking Charges in Tamir Rice Case
(CLEVELAND, OH 6/9/2015) – On Tuesday, June 9th, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) will join other civil rights leaders, activists, and clergy at a press conference in front of the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to announce that they are filing a number of citizens’ affidavits for probable cause in the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was killed by Cleveland Police Officers on November 22, 2014.
SEE: Cleveland Leaders Bypass Prosecutors to Seek Charge in Tamir Rice Case (more…)
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400+ Turn Out at CAIR-Cleveland Event to Honor Muslim Hero of Paris Kosher Grocery Attack
(CLEVELAND, OH, 5/6/15) – On Sunday May 3, more than 400 people turned out for the 13th Annual Civil Rights Banquet of the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Ohio), with the theme “Rooted in Faith: Growing Through Service,” at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence.
The event honored Lassana Bathily, the Malian Muslim who was recently declared a French National Hero for saving customers in the Hyper Cacher Kosher grocery store in Paris during terrorist attacks in January. Bathily received the I-CAIR Courage and Honor Award at the banquet.
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CAIR-Cleveland to Honor French Muslim Hero Who Rescued Customers in Paris Kosher Supermarket Attack
(CLEVELAND, OH, 4/14/15) — On Sunday May 3, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OHIO) will hold its 13th Annual Civil Rights Banquet, with the theme “Rooted in Faith: Growing Through Service,” at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence.
At the event, CAIR will present the I-CAIR Honor and Courage Award to Lassana Bathily, the Malian Muslim who was recently declared a French National Hero for saving customers in the Hyper Cacher Kosher grocery store in Paris during terrorist attacks in January. (more…)
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CAIR-Cleveland Hosts Muslim Community Meeting on Bias-Free Policing
(CLEVELAND, OH, 2/26/2015) – Dozens of people participated yesterday in a forum on bias-free policing with the Bias-Free Policing Work Group of the Cleveland Community Police Commission held at the ACLU of Ohio and co-coordinated by the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) and area Muslim groups.
The meeting was intended to give the Muslim community a chance to provide input into the set of recommendations on bias-free policing currently being drafted by the Community Police Commission. The Commission’s final recommendations on bias-free policing are due to be presented to the City of Cleveland by March 7.
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CAIR-Cleveland Joins Call for City Hall Accountability in Needed Police Reforms
Muslim civil rights group calls on people of all faiths to join rally tonight outside Cleveland City Hall
(CLEVELAND, OH, 12/8/14) – The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today joined the call by religious leaders to attend a peaceful rally outside Cleveland City Hall this evening to push for police reforms.
CAIR-Cleveland is also calling on all people of conscience to join with the New Abolitionist Association of the Children’s Defense Fund to attend tonight’s Cleveland City Council meeting after the rally to demand accountability on the part of City Council in implementing needed reforms to the Cleveland Division of Police.
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CAIR-Cleveland to Join Rights Activists at Community Forum on Police Shootings
Muslim group representatives to attend funeral for 12-year-old police shooting victim
(CLEVELAND, OH, 12/1/14) — On Saturday, December 6, the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) will join with local and national civil and human rights groups to co-host a forum on police shootings in the wake of the fatal shooting by police of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy, who was playing with a soft-pellet gun outside a local recreation center in that city.
SEE: Tamir Rice Weighs Heavily on Second Anniversary of Deadly Cleveland Police Chase
Video Shows Cleveland Officer Shooting 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Within Seconds
The Funeral Service for Tamir Rice is WednesdayWHAT: Forum on Police Shootings & Community Response
WHEN: Saturday, December 6, 2014, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
WHERE: Cleveland Public Library, MLK, Jr. Branch, 1962 Stokes Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44106
CONTACT: CAIR-Cleveland Executive Director Julia Shearson, 216.830.2247, jshearson@cair.com[MEDIA NOTE: On Wednesday, December 3, representatives of CAIR-Cleveland will attend the funeral of Tamir Rice to be held 11 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 7510 Woodland Avenue, in Cleveland.]
“The purpose of these community-based initiatives is to bring together diverse civil and human rights leaders and organizations to form a more united front to work on social justice issues, including the excessive use of force by police,” said CAIR-Cleveland Events Coordinator Aiesha Siddiq.
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CAIR-Ohio Urges Oberlin College to Investigate Anti-Muslim Arabic Lecturer
(CLEVELAND, OH – 4/1/14) — The Cleveland chapter of the Council on Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today expressed concern about a lecturer in the Arabic language department at Oberlin College, Dr. Samir Amin Abdellatif, who openly promotes anti-Muslim bigotry and crude stereotypes of Muslims in his writings and on campus.
CAIR-Cleveland requested that the college “investigate the matter and take appropriate action based on the results of that investigation.”