WCBE News

SUPCO Upholds Trials For Cleveland Police Officials In East Cleveland

WCBE 90.5FM | By Ohio Public Radio

Published April 14, 2017 at 8:12 AM EDT

The Ohio Supreme court says five Cleveland police supervisors may face trial in East Cleveland on dereliction of duty charges. The supervisors were charged in connection with a 2012 cross-town chase that ended in 137 gunshots and the deaths of two unarmed African-Americans. Nick Castele of member station WCPN in Cleveland reports.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors accused the supervisors of failing to control the chase. It involved dozens of police cars and ended with the fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist and his passenger. Originally, the supervisors were indicted in county common pleas court. After Officer Michael Brelo was acquitted in the shooting, prosecutors moved to charge the supervisors instead in East Cleveland, where the chase ended. The supervisors argued East Cleveland lacked jurisdiction. An appeals court agreed. But a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday reversed that ruling, saying the question of jurisdiction was up to East Cleveland’s municipal judge.

Tags

Ohio Public Radio

The Statehouse News Bureau was founded in 1980 to provide educational, comprehensive coverage of legislation, elections, issues and other activities surrounding the Statehouse to Ohio's public radio and television stations. To this day, the Bureau remains the only broadcast outlet dedicated to in-depth coverage of state government news and topics of statewide interest. The Bureau is funded througheTech Ohio, and is managed by ideastream. The reporters at the Bureau follow the concerns of the citizens and voters of Ohio, as well as the actions of the Governor, the Ohio General Assembly, the Ohio Supreme Court, and other elected officials. We strive to cover statehouse news, government issues, Ohio politics, and concerns of business, culture and the arts with balance and fairness, and work to present diverse voices and points of view from the Statehouse and throughout Ohio. The three award-winning journalists at the bureau have more than 60 combined years of radio and television experience. They can be heard on National Public Radio and are regular contributors to Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Marketplace. Every weekday, the Statehouse News Bureau produces in-depth news reports forOhio's public radio stations. Those stories are also available on this website, either on the front page or in our archives. Weekly, the Statehouse News Bureau produces a television show from our studios in the Statehouse. The State of Ohio is an unique blend of news, interviews, talk and analysis, and is broadcast on Ohio's public television stations. The Statehouse News Bureau also produces special programming throughout the year, including the Governor's annual State of the State address to the Ohio General Assembly and a five-part year-end review.

See stories by Ohio Public Radio