11 Current and Former East Cleveland Police Officers Indicted on Charges of Unlawful Conduct

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley has announced the indictment of 11 current or former officers in the East Cleveland Police Department on charges of unlawful conduct. This brings the total number of officers indicted in the last 6 1/2 months to 16.

The charges include felonious assault and violation of civil rights. O’Malley said that the department is “doing its best to remove every tentacle of that cancer so that this department can rebuild and grow.”

East Cleveland is one of the poorest cities in Ohio, and the police department has been under scrutiny for its practices. The announcement of the new charges comes after President Joe Biden urged police reform in his State of the Union address, with the family of Tyre Nichols, who was killed by police in East Cleveland, in attendance.

The 11 officers have been indicted on charges of unlawful conduct, and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office is continuing to investigate the department. It is unclear at this time what the outcome of the investigation will be, but O’Malley said that the department is committed to “removing every tentacle of that cancer” in order to rebuild and grow.