Sunday, July 24 wrapped up a violent weekend in Cleveland. Eleven shootings and three stabbings were added to crime statistics. One person died on Bushnell Court. This upcoming weekend, one Cleveland councilman is hoping music, food, and fun can bridge the gap of violence in the community. “We’ve had problems in our city over the […]
While is front of a crowd during a meeting on stopping violence in Cleveland, Council Zack Reed reads from a text he received this morning from the Cleveland police. “East 93rd Street and Miles, 23-year-old male gunshot victim to the abdomen. Right now, just happened at 10:16.” Councilman Reed says Cleveland’s neighborhoods are in crisis. There have been […]
Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed will push for legislation on Monday to ban the use of handheld cell phones while driving in Cleveland. “Tonight I will urge Council President Kevin J. Kelley’s to hold a hearing to pass this very important piece of legislation for the safety of all Clevelanders,” Councilman Reed stated. Reed cited […]
Mayor Frank Jackson does not think too much of City Councilman Zack Reed’s proposal that Cleveland Police be given authority to use the tactic known as “stop-and-frisk.” Jackson labelled it “Armchair Police-Chiefing.” On Tuesday, Reed told WKYC’s Tom Beres the increasing number of homicides and ongoing gun-involved crimes on Cleveland streets warrant extreme measures […]
Nearly 30 people have been killed in Cleveland this year and a city councilman is calling for officials to do more to stop the violence. It’s in those midnight hours, it’s in those times that we’re here by ourselves that we begin to think and wonder…and now that we put him away, we’re at the place […]
We had warm weather over the weekend and we also had a wave of violence. That violence touched the life of one of Cleveland’s City Council members. A violent weekend in the Cleveland area, with crimes in neighborhoods across the city. Five people were people shot and one was stabbed. In one incident on Milverton […]
Cleveland City Councilman Zack Reed will square off with newcomer Marcus Henley in the November general election. Reed and Henley, running for Cleveland City Council in Ward 2, were the top two vote getters in Tuesday’s primary election, according to the unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Reed had 904 votes and Henley […]
The defense rested in the DUI case of Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed without Reed taking the stand. The jury deliberated for a short while Monday before breaking for the day. They will resume deliberations Tuesday morning. Reed was arrested in March after officers said he was pulled over by Cleveland police, who said he failed […]
