A Cleveland police officer was acquitted Saturday of charges of
voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two unarmed black people in a
137-shot barrage following a high-speed car chase. (read
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Protesters have blocked a highway in Cleveland that runs downtown and along Lake Erie.
They have formed a line along the highway, blocking traffic in both directions.
The group had originally gathered downtown, then marched through the streets and crossed a bridge.
About 200 people have gathered for a mock funeral to protest the
acquittal of a Cleveland police officer in the deaths of two unarmed black
suspects.
Dozens of people walked in a peaceful procession carrying a black,
plywood coffin and softly singing "I'm going up yonder, we're marching,
we're marching."
The protest is being held in a park near the home of the Cuyahoga County
prosecutor who lost the case against patrolmen Michael Brelo.
Marchers also protested the lack of progress in the investigation of the
killing of a 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun by Cleveland police
last year.
Some carried signs saying "Will I Be Next?" and "I Can't Breathe" and "Freddie Gray Lynched."
The prosecutor in the case against a Cleveland police officer who was
found not guilty in the deaths of two unarmed suspects says he respects
the judge's decision and urged others to do the same.
Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty says the shooting reinforces the
need for more training and better supervision in the police department.
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