GABE TAYE’S FAMILY HAD HOPED EXHUMATION WOULD PROVIDE ANSWERS
June 7, 2017, Cincinnati, OH. The family of Gabriel Taye had asked the Hamilton County Corner to re-examine Gabe to see if a re-examination would provide information about why the eight-year-old boy ended his life. Unfortunately, the... Read More
Washington County Sheriff Ordered to Stop Recording Attorney/Client Phone Calls
May 25, 2017, Washington County, Ohio. Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks has been ordered by federal judge Algenon Marbley to stop recording phone calls between inmates in the Washington County Jail and their attorneys. Sheriff Mincks... Read More
Publisher Challenges Censorship by Private Prison
Al and Adam Gerhardstein have filed a federal lawsuit against the private prison in Marion Ohio challenging censorship of legal and self-help books published by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC). Thirty-seven books have been blocked by the... Read More
Montgomery County Corrections Officer Sued for Excessive Force
Daryl Wallace has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging Montgomery County and Corrections Officer Jerrid Campbell for Campbell’s vicious assault on Mr. Wallace in the Montgomery County Jail. On September 28, 2015, the hot water... Read More
Transgender Employee And Public Library Announce Settlement
(Cincinnati, OH, May 15, 2017) Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, along with Gerhardstein & Branch and the Law Office of Scott Knox, announce that they reached a settlement in Rachel Dovel v. The Public Library of Cincinnati and... Read More
MOM BREAKS SILENCE ABOUT HER SON’S SUICIDE #IAmGabe
Cincinnati, OH. May 12, 2017. The mother of Gabriel Taye breaks her silence this evening after the community’s outpouring of support. Cornelia Reynolds, in her own words, expresses her despair over her only child’s tragic death... Read More
Eight Year Old Boy Bullied Before He Committed Suicide
On January 26, 2017, Gabe Taye, a third grade student at Carson Elementary School in Cincinnati took his own life. We have been investigating his death for his mother, who needed to know what happened to her son. Our investigation revealed that... Read More
Tanisha Anderson Family Wins Settlement of $2.25 Million; Demand Reforms
Today the family of Tanisha Anderson has announced their settlement of claims against the City of Cleveland and two police officers for a total of $2.25 million but the family continues to demand reforms and a memorial, including. Establish... Read More
Women’s Med Center in Dayton to Stay Open
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Wiseman issued an Order yesterday that will allow the WMCD to remain open for business while WMCD appeals the Department of Health’s arbitrary and unlawful order shutting the clinic down. If the... Read More
Joint Statement on Settlement of Samantha Ramsey Civil Lawsuit
On December 6, 2016, the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Samantha Ramsey against Boone County relating to her death on April 26, 2014 was settled by an agreement between the parties. The terms of the settlement include a payment of $3.5... Read More
Transgender Woman Sues the Public Library and Anthem To Stop Discrimination
Rachel Dovel has worked at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County for over 10 years. Although given the gender of male at birth, she identifies as a woman. In 2015 she told her co-workers and supervisors she was transitioning her... Read More
Husband and Wife Sue Boone County Sheriff Deputies for False Arrests
Melissa and Donald Covington have sued Deputy Tyler Brockman, the Boone County Sheriff, and other Sheriff deputies for falsely arresting the Covingtons at their own home. On February 26, 2016, the Covington’s were having a normal night at... Read More