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Toledo Fire Lieutenant fired over Charlie Kirk comment files First Amendment lawsuit demanding reinstatement

This morning our firm filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of wrongly terminated Toledo Fire Lieutenant

New Era Cleveland leaders acquitted in extortion trial—Axios Cleveland

A Cuyahoga County jury this week acquitted Antoine “Fahiem” Tolbert and two fellow members of the grassroots activist organization New Era Cleveland on a slew of felony charges The resounding ...

Jury returns not guilty verdicts on all counts for Tolbert, New Era activists—NPR/Ideastream

After more than a month of witness testimony and disputes over admissible evidence, the jury in the trial of three New Era Cleveland activists returned a not guilty verdict on all ...

Judge denies mistrial in Cleveland activist’s case, despite prosecutors’ filing with high court—Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County prosecutors filed an emergency motion with the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday in the middle of an extortion trial ...

Antoine Tolbert jury to consider activist’s rights, citizen’s arrests—NPR/Ideastream

The trial of two Black men and a Black woman in an activist organization for poor Cleveland communities will go far beyond a simple examination of evidence in the next two ...