(Petitioning White Folks & 'Poking Holes in the Air with Signs' will not stop White Supremacy) Protest planned over Cleveland Police Execution of Black Couple

137 Shots. As stated by Neely Fuller about this incident, "You Should expect to be killed in the name of racism anytime, any place. You have been marked as an enemy because you are Black. Keep your protest signs because this will happen again. [MORE] Thus far, singing songs and protests have not led to justice for non-white people. [MORE] In photo, Police Claim they heard a Gun Shot & Saw a Gun Thrown Out of a Window: White Attorney General Found Car was Prone to Loud Backfiring from Muffler. No gun or gun residue was found after an exhaustive search. 

From [HERE] Cleveland community activists are planning to protest against what they see as the use of excessive force by city police after a review found 100 officers broke rules in a car chase in which an unarmed Black people - the driver and his passenger were shot dead.

According to Ohio’s attorney general, "leadership and communication failures" led to the chaotic police chase in Cleveland last fall that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds and killing the unarmed couple.

In photo, mostly white Cleveland police officers listen to their union president Jeffery Follmer speak to media at the CPPA hall on December 1, 2012. [MORE] 

All told, 47 of the 137 rounds fired by 13 Cleveland officers hit their targets -- 43-year-old Timothy Russell and 30-year-old Malissa Williams, according to the Cuyahoga County medical examiner. Dr. Thomas P. Gilson reported that 24 of the rounds riddled the head, neck, body and an arm of Williams, who was a passenger in the Chevrolet Malibu SS, and 23 rounds struck the head, neck and extremities of driver Timothy Russell. 12 of the 13 officers involved were white. [MORE]

Activist Kathy Coleman told Reuters on Thursday that residents plan a rally on Monday to demand police officers involved in the chase receive appropriate punishment and the city take action against the problem of excessive force. "People are saying some of the cops might only get a 10-day suspension," activist Kathy Coleman told Reuters. "We want them fired, prosecuted and brought to justice." (Expect white supremacy, if there is justice then be pleasantly surprised.) 

More than 100 police officers could face suspension or termination, an internal police review showed on Wednesday.

The incident, which stemmed from a routine traffic stop, aggravated public concerns over possible excessive use of force by Cleveland police officers, particularly in the city's African-American community.

It also prompted the city's mayor, Frank Jackson, to request a review of Cleveland police procedure by the U.S. Justice Department. The federal review into a possible pattern of excessive force is ongoing.

Some 100 officers face possible suspension or termination for violations of department policy, including endangering pedestrians in the car chase and subsequent shootout that killed Timothy Russell and his passenger, Marissa Williams.

"Where we found policy and rule violations, we will hold officers accountable," said Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath on Wednesday, adding that he expected to announce individual disciplinary actions in a few weeks.

The chase stemmed from a traffic stop that Russell fled in his 1979 Chevy with Williams. As Russell drove, several officers reported hearing what they thought were multiple gunshots.

After a 25-minute chase, police trapped the car in a school parking lot and opened fire after Russell hit a police cruiser and drove in the direction of an officer. By the time it was over, 13 officers had fired 137 rounds at the car.

They were killed after they led the police on a chase that began outside the Justice Center. A police official said two Cleveland officers heard a gunshot and believed it came from a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu that David Russell owned. Russell  said he gave the car involved in the chase to his brother, and that it had a bad muffler -  which could account for the sound. Then the car sped away and the officers chased them. AG Dewine found that the car in fact was prone to loud backfiring. An officer also claimed that he saw a gun thrown out of the car during the high speed chase. No evidence of a gun being fired from inside the car was found according to Dewine. No guns were found.

Officers from Bratenahl, East Cleveland, the State Highway Patrol and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office joined in the pursuit. It ended on a dead-end access street in East Cleveland, near Heritage Middle School, where police claim Russell “violently rammed a police car and almost struck an officer,” Follmer said.

The chase continued for 25 minutes, reaching speeds of 120 miles-per-hour, before ending in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School. Russell ended up on a dead-end access road to an East Cleveland middle school. There approximately 25 polcie officers converged on the Black man's car. They surrounded the Malibu, and some officers were out of their cars when Russell rammed another police car, Gardner said. Officers then unloaded on the car firing at least 137 shots in about 20 seconds. [MORE] 

“Command failed, communications failed, the system failed,” DeWine said. He said that nearly 60 vehicles involved in the chase failed to follow city policy and joined the high-speed pursuit without asking a supervisor's permission.

Subsequent searches failed to turn up a gun, and no gunshot residue was found on the car's occupants. The investigation found that the sound officers had attributed to gunshots most likely was the engine on Russell's car backfiring.

Of the 322 Cleveland police officers on duty on the day of the incident, more than a third played a role in the deadly chase, according to Cleveland Police special investigations commander James Chura.

According to the internal report, released Wednesday, many of the officers were told to disengage from the pursuit and either did not hear the command or ignored it. Some cars were also cited for not using sirens and lights while driving at speeds of 70 miles per hour in populated areas.

Another investigation into the matter by the Ohio Attorney General's Office concluded that officers had failed to follow established procedures that resulted in the department's overall failure to control the situation.