Tag: Cleveland Division of Police

  • CAIR-Cleveland Seeks Probe of Police Officer’s Racist, Anti-Muslim Re-Tweets

    CAIR-Cleveland Seeks Probe of Police Officer’s Racist, Anti-Muslim Re-Tweets

    (CLEVELAND, OH, 7/1/2015) — The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) today called on the city’s Division of Police (CDP) to investigate whether a recently-promoted officer violated department policies by re-tweeting racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Obama, and pro-Confederate flag materials on Twitter.

    Officer Frank Woyma, who was recently promoted from patrol officer to sergeant, has re-tweeted images of a Quran being flushed down a toilet and of President Obama’s campaign logo with the headline “This is a symbol of racism, I would like it removed from my country.” One re-tweet, with an image of a Crusader knight, is headlined: “I will turn back the Muslim hordes,” with the note “Join our fight to save America.”

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  • CAIR-Cleveland Joins Civil Rights Groups in Filing Amicus Brief on Concerns About Police Consent Decree

    CAIR-Cleveland Joins Civil Rights Groups in Filing Amicus Brief on Concerns About Police Consent Decree

    (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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