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Southern Ohio jury awards $404,000 in damages to Lucasville inmate on excessive force and retaliation claims in federal case against Ohio corrections officers

Last Friday, after a week-long trial in the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in Cincinnati, a jury empaneled by the U.S. District Court of the Southern

Complete acquittal in Antoine Tolbert/New Era Cleveland prosecution reveals shocking abuses of power by Cleveland Police Department and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office

With a few days having passed since the jury’s delivery of not guilty ...

New Era Cleveland leaders acquitted in extortion trial—Axios Cleveland

A Cuyahoga County jury this week acquitted Antoine “Fahiem” Tolbert and two fellow ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ohio podcaster seeks acquittal of unconstitutional felony “intimidation” charges

Yesterday, our firm entered an appearance in the Erie County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Ashli Ford, a popular “true crime” podcaster and victim advocate whose work mostly focuses ...

Three sue Case Western Reserve University over spray-painting of protesters—Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three pro-Palestinian student protesters sued Case Western Reserve University on Wednesday over contractors spraying them with paint on campus Video ...

Students sue Case Western Reserve University President Eric Kaler and University police officers for spray-paint assault at pro-Palestine protest

Today, our firm filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of three student-protesters who were retaliated against by Case Western Reserve University ...