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Mother of man killed in shooting linked to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson files wrongful-death lawsuit against mayor—Cleveland Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com

Pattakos argued in the lawsuit that Antonio Parra would be alive today if the mayor hadn’t failed to ensure his grandson was prosecuted for a previous case in which he was accused of violently attacking an 18-year-old woman. That incident occurred months before Antonio Parra’s death.

“Mayor Jackson’s and Chief Williams’s intentional dereliction of their duties in covering up for gang-related crimes involving the Mayor’s grandsons respectively caused, and exacerbated the damage arising from, Mr. Parra’s murder,” the lawsuit says.

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