Calls for transparency in Colerain shooting

On May 29, officers with the Colerain Township Police Department were involved in an incident at the Colerain Marketplace Kroger store located at 3636 Springdale Road. According to Police Chief Edwin Cordie, officers arrived at the Colerain Kroger just before 4 p.m. to investigate an alleged suspect at the store. The incident resulted in one suspect and one bystander being shot and subsequently hospitalized.  As an organization dedicated to working with communities and police departments in Hamilton County and across the region to accelerate reforms in local jurisdictions, the Holloman Center for Social Justice’s mission is to eliminate racial profiling, reduce uses of force, ensure police accountability, and to establish community oversight of departments and reforms.  “However, since its inception, we have sought to collaborate with the Colerain Township Police Department on these crucial issues. However, our repeated requests for cooperation, data information, and responses to prior critical incidents have gone unanswered. This lack of engagement starkly contrasts with the active participation and cooperation we have received from neighboring jurisdictions,” said Fanon A. Rucker, Esq., Executive Advisor for the Holloman Center for Social Justice. Rucker continued, “In light of the recent shooting, the Holloman Center for Social Justice urgently calls...